- More than half of all tropical deforestation directly attributable to industrial mining takes place in Indonesia, with Brazil, Ghana and Suriname also suffering major losses https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/964003 2 comments environment
- More than half of all tropical deforestation directly attributable to industrial mining takes place in Indonesia (58.2%), with Brazil, Ghana and Suriname also suffering major losses. The data covered 26 countries representing 76.7% of the total tropical deforestation observed from 2000-2019. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/964003 9 comments science
- Spanish police on the prowl for an illegal marijuana plantation find a cryptocurrency mining farm in its place https://www.notebookcheck.net/Spanish-police-on-the-prowl-for-an-illegal-marijuana-plantation-find-a-cryptocurrency-mining-farm-in-its-place.596337.0.html 32 comments cryptocurrency
- EC3 claims he had therapist to erase his WWE run from his memory: "I purposely went to my therapist to have him erase from my mind the eternal sunshine of the spot that was mine. I have no recollection of anything that took place in the WWE, even the romance angle with Alexa Bliss." https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/11/ec3-says-he-has-no-recollection-of-his-time-on-wwe-main-roster/ 148 comments squaredcircle
- In the era of $40-70k trucks Ford just released the $20k Maverick that gets 42MPG. Game changer. 100,000 pre-orders already placed including mine. F leaps are the play. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/pictures/2022-ford-maverick-hybrid-pickup-truck/3/ 215 comments wallstreetbets
- This is the true scale of China’s bitcoin exodus - the total percentage of bitcoin mining taking place in China has dropped to almost zero following a recent crackdown https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-bitcoin-mining-crackdown 11 comments cryptocurrency
- Space Is the Place for Crypto: Lunar payloads, asteroid mining, deep space commerce. Where we boldly go, so will crypto. https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/09/16/space-is-the-place-for-crypto/ 11 comments cryptocurrency
- China Says It Will Place Limits on BTC Mining; Price Suffers https://www.livebitcoinnews.com/china-says-it-will-crack-down-on-btc-mining-price-suffers/ 17 comments cryptocurrency
- Iranian Government Places New Ban On Mining Bitcoin Within Households https://zycrypto.com/iranian-government-places-new-ban-on-mining-bitcoin-within-households/ 6 comments cryptocurrency
- How chicken plants became more dangerous places to work than coal mines https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/21502225/chicken-meatpacking-plant-future-perfect-podcast 125 comments business
- US Attacks Russia’s Power Grid; Trump Kept in Dark: 'The question now is whether placing the equivalent of land mines in a foreign power network is the right way to deter Russia' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/16/us-attacks-russias-power-grid-trump-kept-dark 28 comments worldnews
- Place to mine hockey statistics https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/8nq02k/place_to_mine_hockey_statistics/ 5 comments hockey
- City in New York becomes First to Place Ban on Bitcoin Mining https://blockexplorer.com/news/city-in-new-york-becomes-first-to-place-ban-on-bitcoin-mining/ 7 comments btc
- Executives Are Asked to Stay in Place and No Plans to Ban BTC Mining http://news.8btc.com/shanghai-closes-all-token-trading-and-executives-are-asked-to-stay-in-place 3 comments btc
- Australia: Sacred Sites Under Threat from Coalmine - Indigenous Elders call on Greg Hunt to halt works at NSW mine for 48 hrs "to save burial sites & sacred places" from bulldozers http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/23/sacred-sites-under-threat-from-maules-creek-coalmine 11 comments worldnews
- What play from your favorite team solidified their place in your heart? Here's mine. http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d81cd479b/Troy-Polamalu-INT-and-TD 82 comments nfl
- Australia's mining boom placing Great Barrier Reef at risk, UN warns: Environmental team is assessing the reef amid concerns over rapid escalation in coal exports and gas exploration http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/mar/06/great-barrier-reef-mining-boom 6 comments worldnews
- In Guatemala City, a place called "The Mine" can deliver both a means of survival and a grisly death. Every day, dozens of residents salvage a living by scouring the massive dump for scrap metal. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/11/dangerous_work_the_mine_in_gua.html 4 comments worldnews
- Not sure if this is the right place but I'm hoping someone here can help me understand some mining survey maps. http://www.htxminerals.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=101 3 comments askscience
- China isn't the only place with rare earth mines, but they've been dumping theirs on the market for years and caused most other mines to go out of business. Independence is just a matter of starting them back up again. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june10/metals_06-14.html 4 comments reddit.com
- U.A.E.-based Phoenix Technology Consultants places order for $650m worth of crypto mining rigs https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/09/uae-based-phoenix-technology-consultants-places-order-for-650m-worth-of-crypto-mining-rigs/ 3 comments cryptocurrency
- Around 4.5% of all bitcoin mining takes place in Iran. China mining FUD will have other countries pick up the slack. https://www.reuters.com/technology/iran-uses-crypto-mining-lessen-impact-sanctions-study-finds-2021-05-21/ 11 comments cryptocurrency
- Chinese company approved to run water mining operation in drought-stricken Queensland, as nearby residents placed on water restrictions and face risk of running dry. The company plans to send the water to a bottling plant. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/28/chinese-company-approved-to-run-water-mining-operation-in-drought-stricken-queensland 817 comments worldnews
- Palantir has no place at Berkeley. Why is Palantir, a data-mining company, sponsoring a conference at UC Berkeley on privacy? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/31/palantir-berkeley-immigrant-families-apart 36 comments privacy
- House votes Friday to repeal environmental protections, allowing more unfettered drilling and mining in our National Parks. It also places a cap on environmental cleanup costs and lets companies build roads into our wilderness. http://courthousenews.com/house-readies-for-vote-on-national-park-drilling-rules/ 5 comments politics
- 'Historic Victory' as New South Wales government buys back $220 million coal mining licence from BHP Billiton. No coal mining will take place in the Liverpool plains. http://www.smh.com.au/environment/liverpool-plains-baird-government-to-pay-bhp-billiton-220-million-for-licence-20160811-gqqhkv.html 4 comments worldnews
- Redditors, what is/are some of your favorite young adult books that will always hold a special place in your heart? One of mine will always be The Graduation of Jake Moon. http://minookapedia.wikispaces.com/The+Graduation+of+Jake+Moon-+kkessler 19 comments books
- The Anti-Choice Movement: "Not Intended to Be Factual" | In fact, it is a movement based on a foundation of lies so deep I'd recommend regulation by the Mine Safety and Health Administration if I thought they did their job regulating coal mines effectively in the first place. http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2011/04/13/antichoice-movement-intendedfactual-statement 3 comments politics
- Is the sea floor the next place to start mining rare-earth minerals? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/science/09seafloor.html?src=dayp 21 comments science
- South African police have been accused of planting weapons near the bodies of workers killed during strikes at the Marikana platinum mine. Photographs taken by police suggested large knives had been placed near the bodies after they had been shot, a lawyer told an inquest into the deaths. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20218828 10 comments worldnews
- starting Jan. 2022 a new law in Kazakhstan will introduce a tax levy of 1 Kazakhstan tenge ($0.00233) per kilowatt-hour used by bitcoin miners... I foresee this sort of stuff happening in other places too - Crypto Mining is a global problema! https://kursiv.kz/news/otraslevye-temy/2021-05/biznes-v-kazakhstane-vystupil-protiv-naloga-na-mayning 39 comments cryptocurrency
- How Tamil Nadu Officials Made Up A Report To Aid Illegal Sand-Mining. Prepared in four days, report concluded "no illegal mining" was taking place along Tamil Nadu's coast. [May '18] https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2018/05/06/revealed-how-tamil-nadu-officials-made-up-a-report-to-aid-illegal-sand-mining_a_23428131/ 4 comments india
- How Tamil Nadu Officials Made Up A Report To Aid Illegal Sand-Mining: Prepared in four days, report concluded "no illegal mining" was taking place along Tamil Nadu's coast. https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2018/05/06/revealed-how-tamil-nadu-officials-made-up-a-report-to-aid-illegal-sand-mining_a_23428131/ 23 comments india
- Humans Are Wrecking the Last Place on Earth Where Orangutans, Tigers, Rhinos & Elephants Still Live Together in the Wild - The ancient & biodiverse Leuser Ecosystem is being decimated by industrial pulp & palm oil plantations, mining & logging & energy projects. http://www.alternet.org/environment/humans-are-destroying-last-place-earth-where-orangutans-tigers-rhinos-and-elephants 220 comments worldnews
- San José will provide free internet to low-income families as part of cryptocurrency mining scheme! Helium hotspots will be placed in the homes of families and will mine the HNT cryptocurrency, which will then be used to cover the cost of one year of free internet! Wow smart moves! https://www.zdnet.com/article/san-jose-to-provide-one-year-of-free-internet-to-low-income-families-as-part-of-cryptocurrency-mining-scheme/?ftag=cos-05-10aaa0h&utm_campaign=trueanthem%3A+trending+content&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=iwar20ttf_8vhzgslk8i_iaibby9o2srkvb8qhxwwbdmrwj-y2dntyamc6vyi 18 comments cryptocurrency
- Protect solar system from mining 'gold rush', say scientists - The proposal calls for more than 85% of the solar system to be placed off-limits to human development, leaving little more than an eighth for space firms to mine for precious metals, minerals and other valuable materials. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/may/12/protect-solar-system-space-mining-gold-rush-say-scientists 8 comments space
- "If your altcoin accidentally had signatures segregated in the first place, you'd want the security upgrade known as 'IntWit' (Integrated Witness). IntWit is an innovation (Nakamoto; 2008) ensuring miners must validate the entire chain of digital signatures to mine the next block" ~ u/ForkiusMaximus https://np.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/76btl6/altcoiner_here_why_do_people_keep_joining_our/docx7wo/ 41 comments btc
- The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets - Unnerving account of new-generation cookies that track online behaviour. Tester visited America's top 50 websites, found they had placed 3,180 tracking files on her computer without asking http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424052748703940904575395073512989404.html 15 comments worldnews
- Backlash to fossil fuel phase-outs: the case of coal mining in US presidential elections | electoral response is ~3x number of jobs lost. Happens only in places where there was significant job loss, where these jobs were a large share of local jobs & income levels were low. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac82fe 3 comments climate
- China wants to place an asteroid in Earth orbit by nudging one in our direction; they think a 10 meter wide asteroid 2008EA9 is a good candidate, and the nudge should place the asteroid in an orbit at about twice the distance of the Moon; from there it can be studied and mined https://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27112/ 44 comments space