Resource Resolutions, a for-profit group, is focused on addressing conflict that may arise around mining and oil and gas development. Current and former global energy heavyweights have formed a new ...

House Republicans are eying a process called reconciliation to boost oil and gas drilling, and approve specific mining projects, which would only require a simple majority for passage. House Natural ...

Venezuela holds the world’s largest oil reserves, totaling 303 billion barrels. However, a more critical resource is emerging ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Chantell Dunbar-Jones remembers when her hometown of Lewisville, Arkansas, seemed to ...

The factors that have incited previous booms in Shale Country are falling into place today. During the 2008 legislative session, high energy prices throughout the United States turned a spotlight on ...

The mining sector has been one of the biggest beneficiaries in the COVID-19 recovery. Several countries’ recovery packages have ignited demand for commodities like copper, iron ore and lithium. Given ...

In spring 1949, three prospectors armed with Geiger counters set out to hunt for treasure in the arid mountains of southern Nevada and southeastern California. In the previous century, those mountains ...

Seeking efficiencies and streamlining operations, businesses have been turning to AI-based automation. As they pursue this, they need a way to look beyond their assumed processes to improve their ...

An area of Lincoln National Forest known for a complex cave system was protected from oil and gas drilling and other mineral extraction, with the block on development extending for 20 years. The ...