Millie Mine, located in Iron Mountain, Michigan, is home to one of the largest bat colonies in North America. Little brown bats and big brown bats, both insectivores, inhabit the mine, with the ...

Radon gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer. (Photo via Getty Images) A bill that would provide tax credits for the purchase and installation of radon mitigation systems and require ...

On March 26, 2025, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte rescinded the Directive on Standardization of Enterprise Radon Policies (No. 2022-727) and removed the 2022 Radon ...

The Iowa House has sent the Senate a bill to require that home builders install passive radon mitigation systems in new homes. It also would establish a state tax ...

Freeport, New York — At eWorks in Freeport, New York, piles of dusty televisions, personal computers, printers and other old tech are the start of an electronic treasure hunt. "There is a value ...

April 24 (Reuters) - At least 10 people were killed in a gold mine collapse in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the rebel-appointed governor of South Kivu province said on Thursday.

At the same time, Arizona’s heavy legacy from past mining — abandoned mines, contaminated water and damaged ecosystems — remains an important backdrop. Strong environmental protections must ...

There’s an invisible killer in Idaho, and it comes from beneath our floorboards. Radon, a colorless and odorless gas that comes from the breakdown of radioactive materials in soil, seeps upward ...

"This is a gold mine. This is special." Taj Gibson said when asked if more free agents should come play for the Charlotte Hornets. Taj Gibson thinks more free agents should want to come to ...

The Trump administration put Resolution Copper's proposed mine at Oak Flat on a priority list with nine other mining projects, declaring they were vital to the nation's security. A day earlier ...

Several large coal mines have slashed their annual carbon emissions by more than half as a result of mandated changes to accounting methods that have prompted experts to question the reliability ...

That includes terminating leases for three dozen offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws.DOGE targets federal government offices ...