Peru mine threat to water supply
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Life is bleak for the gold miners and their families working more than 5km up in the Peruvian Andes.
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The following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday, June 10:  The world's freshwater supply is stressed like never before.
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Miners and tourists alike are contaminating Argentina's caves, say scientists, who warn that fragile underground ecosystems and archaeological sites are at risk.
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About 140 million people globally face arsenic poisoning from drinking water, more than previously realised.
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SEATTLE, March 9 -- The Bush administration has objected to a proposed open-pit coal mine in Canada near the Montana border, citing the potential for irreversible environmental damage to Glacier National Park, pristine trout streams and the largest natural lake in the West.
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By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Jun. 16--Fort Huachuca could add up to 3,000 new jobs if needed without harming the San Pedro River, because it has cut its water use enough to offset longtime environmental concerns, a federal agency decided Friday.   The U.S.
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The mining colony established by Christopher Columbus on his second trip to the Americas began to pilfer its own supply of ore in the face of rapidly deteriorating conditions, according to a new study.
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By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 9--A tributary to two major Arizona waterways will be protected from development and groundwater pumping because a Tucsonan donated a major ranch to The Nature Conservancy.
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Silver Bow Creek, contaminated for more than a century by tailings and other mine waste, appears to be responding to environmental cleanup.
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NUEVO JERUSALEM, Peru -- TomÃÂ¿s Maynas Carijano strolled through his tiny jungle farm, pinching leaves, shaking his head. Rain forest spread lush in all directions -- covering what oil maps call Block 1AB.
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Naturally occurring arsenic in drinking water poses a growing global health risk as large numbers of people unknowingly consume unsafe levels.
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Peru's "White Mountain Range" may soon have to change its name.
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Imperial Qing dynasty tombs near  Beijing which date back more than 300 years are under threat  from illegal mining, Xinhua news agency reported.
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LIMA, Peru  - Peru's new government plans a fresh   push against rising cocaine production in the world's No. 2   producer, betting on U.S. support to slash coca crops and catch   narcotics at ports, officials said on Wednesday.
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LA PAZ, Bolivia  - Anti-government protests in  Bolivia on Tuesday paralyzed two cities and pushed authorities  to meet a key demand -- the cancellation of a water concession  run by a foreign company.
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PARIS, Nov 13 (IPS) - The cancellation of a gold mining contract in  French Guiana has placed the spotlight on another project that is  continuing in Guatemala, at disastrous cost to local people and  the environment.
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BEIJING: China faces water shortage of 40 billion cubic meters (1,400 billion cubic feet) every year with severe water pollution posing a threat to the health of millions of people, state media reported.