Sand mining is the second most widespread human activity in marine environments after fishing. In fact, sand is second only ...

As William Blake famously wrote, "To see a World in a Grain of Sand / And a Heaven in a Wild Flower" is to "Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand / And Eternity in an hour." But as innocuous, ...

In this Special Report for India Today, reporter Nitin Jain exposes the rampant illegal sand mining devastating the Kosi ...

The Kerala High Court recently directed the State government to implement a robust, ecology focused mechanism to monitor and ...

Residents of Saddlebag Lake Resort organized to oppose a proposed 855-acre sand mine near their community. The Polk County Planning Commission voted 6-1 to deny the application for the Mammoth Grove ...

Raute is among about 75,000 men, many from India's poorest areas, who work illegally as sand miners along Vasai Creek, diving 40 feet (12 metres) into pitchblack waters clutching just a metal rod for ...

Rampant sand mining in the Mekong River is directly weakening critical seasonal river flows that sustain Southeast Asia’s ...

Comments during a heated exchange at a Planning Commission hearing for a sand mine have led to a Dec. 16 vote to remove a ...

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Raghunath Bartade watched helplessly as his brother was dragged off the sand-mining boat, his leg tangled in the anchor rope and his arms flailing as he sank into ...

Brahmavar police seized as many as 17 boats during raids conducted at various locations under the Brahmavar police limits in ...

He said that 25 lakh tonnes of sand was available in the district and that construction activity was gaining new momentum in ...