Belem, host of next year’s climate talks, is Amazonian city plagued with pollution and violence

BELEM, Brazil — For the last few years, climate scientists, environmentalists and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio…

Brazil reaches a $23 billion settlement with mining firms over a 2015 environmental disaster

SAO PAULO — SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal government on Friday reached a multibillion-dollar settlement…

Miners are razing forests to meet surging demand for metals and minerals, report says

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Whether it’s digging for metals and minerals for cellphones and electric vehicles or…

Brazil environmental disaster victims take case against mining giant BHP to UK court

LONDON — Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster took their case for compensation to a UK…

Gunmen kill 20 miners in an attack in southwest Pakistan ahead of an Asian security summit

QUETTA, Pakistan — Gunmen killed 20 miners and wounded seven others in Pakistan’s southwest, a police…

In Wrexham, the ‘Rob and Ryan effect’ goes beyond the soccer club as tourism and investments grow

WREXHAM, Wales — Clutching a pint of Guinness in one hand and flicking through photos on…

A coal miner killed on the job in West Virginia is the 10th in US this year, surpassing 2023 total

GRAFTON, W.Va. — A coal miner died Friday, nearly a week after being injured on the…

Iran believes all remaining workers have died in coal mine explosion, raising death toll to 49

In this photo released by Iranian Red Crescent Society, miners and police officers are seen at…