What makes gold a strategic asset? Gold benefits from diverse sources of demand: as an investment, a reserve asset, jewellery, and a...

In the Peruvian highlands, a Swiss refinery said it had a sustainable source of artisanal gold. Prosecutors suspect its main supplier was...

Illegal grinding of ore releases lead dust that contaminates air, water and food LAGOS, Nigeria—More than two dozen children have died of...

Exposure to outdoor (ambient) and indoor (household) particulate air pollution places our youngest infants at increased health risk. A...

Globally, there’s an increasing shift of funds towards responsible and ethical investments, with 98% of institutional investors already...

Mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining causes severe environmental and health problems, especially to operators and people living...

“Evidence of Harm” chronicles the lives of three ordinary Americans who become reluctant health advocates after suffering from the...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released its regulatory agenda which does not mention bitcoin or cryptocurrency...

The negative environmental impact of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin has been widely covered in the press in recent weeks and months,...

Thirty years ago, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) was established to tackle the world’s most challenging environmental issues. With...

This Challenge calls for innovative bioeconomy projects in the Amazon Forest that protect and restore biodiversity and ecosystem...

The United States has become the 79th member country of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable...

Mercury/cyanide pollution, earth's subsidence, transboundary water issue. Conflict related to regulation and civic resistance. The...

According to the NY Times Nov. 9, 2019, Ms. Yuyun, environmentalist, estimates that illicit manufacturers in Indonesia produce more than...

Global Americans is proud to launch a new research initiative evaluating the future of U.S.-Ecuador relations. This independent project...

Did you know the Tuna fish caught in the Pacific Ocean contains #mercury discharged from 87 Chilean mercury cyanidation gold ore &...

Coastal marine atmospheric fog has recently been implicated as a potential source of ocean-derived monomethylmercury (MMHg) to coastal...

Exposure to mercury threatens our health, with many often irreversible toxic effects. Developing fetuses and young children are most at risk

The harmful chemical has a unique quality: it can build up in our river systems over time by Julia Louise Pereira Alchemy Mining Group,...

Minamata disease paralyzes the human central nervous system and causes birth defects.