Another Yale Environment 360 report: "A Vast Canadian Wilderness Poised for a Uranium Boom" by Ed Struzik (January 30. 2012). Strusik writes that "Canada's Nunavut Territory is the largest undisturbed wilderness in the Northern Hemisphere. It also contains large deposits of uranium, generating intense interest from mining companies and raising concerns that a mining boom could harm the caribou at the center of Inuit life....The Canadian government has made it clear that Arctic mining will be one of the cornerstones of the country's economic future.

As one of the biggest mining conferences in Africa, Mining Indaba takes place in Cape Town, South Africa, one of the countries in Africa hosting some of the biggest mining companies on the continent, a World Bank study is calling for increased local procurement in the sector to promote economic growth. In a press release issued Monday February 6, 2012 the World Bank study says mining companies can boost economic growth in West Africa by purchasing more equipment, supplies and services from local companies. The study titled, “Increasing Local Procurement by the Mining Industry in West Africa”,

CHICAGO, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Nearly $1.2 billion was invested in energy efficiency across the Midwest in 2011. With mandated energy savings targets increasing, this funding - separate from federal stimulus funding - is projected to continue to grow annually to exceed $1.5 billion by 2015. With the increased investments there will be a need to develop new programs and find new and better ways to install, measure and promote efficient products and services.