Birmingham-based environmental group Black Warrior Riverkeeper is suing coal company Warrior Met Coal over what it says is mining waste entering the river.

Black Warrior Riverkeeper has filed a notice of intent to sue Warrior Met Coal over mine pollution in Tuscaloosa County. (Photo by Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper) Photo by Nelson Brooke ...

Indigenous land concerns U.S. and tribal officials argue that the mining-related presence of chemical pollution violates the 1909 International Boundary Waters Treaty.

The Black Volta River, which flows near the town of Yapei, has been severely polluted due to illegal mining activities in the Banda Nkwanta areas.

FARMINGTON, N.M. — While experts continue to monitor conditions on the Animas River after a spill last week at the Gold King Mine in Colorado, federal officials are beginning to discuss ...

After years of cross-border dispute over water pollution stemming from British Columbia mining activity, the U.S., Canada and the Ktunaxa Nation have agreed to added steps to reduce contamination ...

People who live in Phola and Carolina in Mpumalanga bear the brunt of coal mining pollution in the Highveld according to a new report. Environmental activists at groundWork published a report on ...

The settlement followed years of litigation over contamination of the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River, located north of Birmingham.

The mining-related growth of selenium, nitrate and sulfate concentrations in the Elk River, “are among the largest documented increases in the primary literature,” the researchers write.

The state is letting an Indiana utility dump coal ash contaminated water into the White River, environmental groups say. They're appealing the permit.

Mercury and cyanide contamination from industrial mining activities make it the most polluted river in Colombia and a clean-up operation promised back in 2016 has yet to materialize.