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#1 US Steel Sued for Pregnancy Discrimination at Minnesota Mine

Dec 24 2025 // U.S. Steel, a multinational steel and iron mining company, violated federal law when it failed to provide an employee with a reasonable accommodation for her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

#2 Climate Change Is Straining Alaska’s Arctic; a Mining Road May Push it Past the Brink

Dec 12 2025 // Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great uncle Ernest steadies a rifle on his lap. It’s the last day of September, and by...

#3 South Dakota Legislators Plan Bills to Help Residents in Fight Over Limestone Mine

Dec 5 2025 // Three lawmakers who represent Piedmont, South Dakota, hope to change weak state mining laws that allowed a proposed limestone mine to be sited without notification or input by any local officials or residents. The plan by...