Huger residents are voicing concerns about planned 140-acre sand mine and negative impacts it could have on traffic, ...

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

What is “sand mining” and why is it bad for the environment? – O.H., via email Answer: Sand mining, extracting sand from the ...

Steve Harmon’s house shakes when the mining company 100 yards away blasts into what was once farmland. His patio is constantly covered in a thin layer of fine white sand. He and his neighbors also had ...

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 ...

The Dalton Planning Board unanimously granted Berkshire Concrete Corp. a continuance on its special permit application, ...

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

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, India Today's Special Investigation Team exposes the rampant illegal sand mining devastating the Kosi ...

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 ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Fracking, the latest craze in the quest to produce oil and gas, has been blamed for environmental problems ranging from flammable tap water to minor earthquakes. Now a new risk is ...

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