Some have suggested that the drive to replace the dollar bill with a coin is driven by western mining interests, while the bill is being defended by eastern paper interests. (treehugger.com)
Her parents had not known that Pillai was a grass - roots organizer taking on the powerful coal mining interests and the government. (scientificamerican.com)
For his work to protect the rainforests of Gabon from mining interests that threatened to destroy those areas, Mr. Ona received the 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa. (goldmanprize.org)