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Destructive Gold Miners Work Overtime to Restore Thousands of Acres of Amazon Rainforest
In the Madre de Dios region of southern Peru, small, artisanal gold mines and the miners that work them have become a source of...
Brazil’s President Makes Good on Campaign Promise to Evict Miners from Indigenous Reserves in the Amazon
When President 'Lula' da Silva took office this year in Brazil, many environmental and indigenous rights groups hoped he would fulfill campaign promises of...
Miners Find Giant Pink Diamond in Angola – The Largest in 300 Years
Miners in Angola have uncovered another giant pink diamond just seven years after they opened the mine in 2015.
The 170-carat stone is a historic...
Stunning Heart-Shaped Amethyst Geode Discovered by Miners in Uruguay – And it’s Now For Sale
There are probably thousands of heart-shaped gems manufactured for gifts on Valentine's Day, but this amethyst crystal didn't need any carving or polishing. When...
Relive the Moment The World Came Together 10 Years Ago in Historic Rescue of Trapped Chilean Miners After 69 Days
This is the GNN story that ran 10 years ago today, when the world was glued to their televisions to witness a historic rescue...
Appalachian Coal Miners Who Lost Their Jobs Are Being Retrained as Beekeepers – for Free
As a means of lifting former coal miners out of poverty, this West Virginia nonprofit is retraining them to be beekeepers.
With Most of Their Coal Mines Closing by End of the Year, Spain is Spending Millions to Preserve Miners’ Livelihood
The initiative will benefit hundreds of coal miners who may have otherwise been left behind by the shift towards green energy.
All 955 Gold Miners Who Were Trapped Underground Have Been Rescued
Almost 1,000 miners were trapped underground after a massive storm knocked out power to the mine – but they have finally been rescued.
Company is Offering to Retrain Coal Miners as Wind Farmers For Free
As demand for coal drops further and further in light of expanding renewable energy sources, more and more American workers are faced with unemployment and...
Appalachian Miners Trade Coal for Code, Digging Computer Skills
Eastern Kentucky miners who once dug for coal are now digging for a Ruby — Ruby script, that is, learning coding languages for computer...
Unemployed Coal Miners Install Solar Panels Now
A group devoted to creating alternative energy jobs in Central Appalachia is building a first for West Virginia's southern coalfields region this week –...
Holiday Surprise: Hero’s Welcome Awaits Chilean Miners, Rescuers and Their Families
A New Year will mean new memories for the Chilean miners whose saga transfixed the world, as they are treated to a hero's welcome...
Chilean Miners Appear With Celebrities On CNN Hero Awards Show
Anderson Cooper Heroes Award GalaWalking the red carpet at this year's CNN Hero awards tribute show, to be televised on Thanksgiving night, will be...
China Rescues 115 Miners Trapped for 8 Days
More than 100 Chinese miners were pulled out alive Monday after being trapped for over a week in a flooded coal mine, where...
69 Chinese Miners Rescued After 3 Days
Sixty-nine miners in China were pulled from a flooded mine in an emotional rescue after living for three days on milk poured down a...
De Beers to Help Reduce Poverty for Diamond Miners
Last Friday at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, Jonathan Oppenheimer, Director of De Beers, and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete announced a $2...
Miners Rescued After 14 Days
Two Australian miners trapped underground in a small metal cage for two weeks were rescued yesterday to cheers by fellow miners and Australian media...
Good News in History, October 13
Happy 90th birthday to the incredible Nana Mouskouri. For those unfamiliar with this goddess of Euro songbirds, she released over 200 albums of songs...
Good News in History, October 9
On this day, in Game 2 of the 1909 World Series, Ty Cobb stole home base. The details around this famous of all capers...
Good News in History, August 26
233 years ago today, John Fitch was granted a US patent for a boat propelled by steam power which used mechanical paddles to propel...