The U.S. District Court for the District of Montana rules that the Trump administration violated the law when it opened up America's public lands to coal leasing in 2017.

In South Africa, people living in mining-affected communities are raising concerns about, and advocating for, protection from the serious social, health, and environmental harms that can result from mining activities. Many of these activists have experienced threats, physical attacks, or damage to their property that they believe are acts of retaliation for their activism, while others have received threatening phone calls from unidentified numbers.