South Africa is mining lithium for the green-energy transition; prospecting rights now cover 73,000 hectares, 117 farms and land supporting 30,000 jobs
Mining lithium for batteries is a growing part of South Africa’s plan to use the global shift towards green energy to revive its economy, but now it faces a challenge from thousands of angry farmers who fear losing productive land to open-pit mines. On…
In 1968, a California landowner demanded $100 an acre for land inside Pinnacles that officials valued at $17; a year later the Park Service paid more than $46 an acre and bought the parcel for $7,400
In 1968, a California landowner demanded $100 an acre for land inside Pinnacles that officials valued at $17; A long legal and property dispute between the US federal government and Utah businessman Dean Brimhall over commercial activities on protected…
James, 18, Earl of Wessex, passes A-levels, to study rural land management at Royal Agricultural University after working as a farmhand at King Charles’ Sandringham estate
Prince Edward and Sophie’s son James is set to begin university this autumn after receiving his A-level results. James, the Earl of Wessex and son of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, will study rural land and property management at the Royal…
Could Elizabeth Waddell be somewhere on land or on a boat? Husband weighs in, ‘It is exceedingly strange that…’
The husband of 44-year-old Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Waddell has revealed whether he thinks his missing wife may be somewhere on land or on a boat. A search is underway after the North Carolina woman mysteriously disappeared while visiting the Caribbean island…
In the 1960s, Florida drained land for a giant subdivision; in 2026, restoration finished after removing 260 miles of roads and plugging 48 miles of canals across 55,000 acres
Restoration work at Picayune Strand is helping restore wetlands across 55,000 acres in Southwest Florida. A major restoration project in Southwest Florida has been completed after years of work to bring the natural flow of water back to 55,000 acres of…
Laguna Beach sheepdog helps first responders land helicopter during emergency, earns praise: ‘What a good boy’ | Video
A feel-good video shows a sheepdog in California helping first responders land a helicopter during an emergency situation in Orange County. The video shows the dog smoothly guiding a herd of goats out of the way to let the units work. California sheepdog…