The weirdest ways scientists are mining for critical minerals, from water to weeds
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Most critical minerals are on Indigenous lands. Will miners respect tribal sovereignty?
Mining — whether for fossil fuels or, increasingly, the critical minerals in high demand today — has a long history of ...
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Universal Fuel Technologies’ pilot demonstrates new sustainable aviation fuel production pathways
During a five-month pilot, the company demonstrated that its Flexiforming technology can produce high-quality 100% synthetic ...
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SCOTUS decision ends 2015 climate lawsuit brought by Eugene youth
Juliana v. United States has met its end, said Oregon-based climate activists, after nearly a decade of trying to bring the ...
A decadelong climate lawsuit saw plaintiffs grow from childhood to adulthood. Now, it’s over
Young climate activists argued the federal government’s role in climate change violated their constitutional rights.
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A guide to the 4 minerals shaping the world’s energy future
The world needs massive amounts of critical minerals to power the transition to renewable energy and green technologies. It ...
Chinese lithium must not become ‘the new Russian gas’, says EU industry chief
The EU has drawn up a priority list of 47 projects for the mining and processing of critical raw materials, which local authorities will be required to fast-track through the permitting process in as ...
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Scientists tinker with Medusa-like process to combat a global crisis by turning air pollution into stone: 'Our work solves this problem'
Stanford researchers are tinkering with Medusa -like powers by turning heat-trapping air pollution into stone.
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Trade-offs of the green transition: Is mining critical minerals better than extracting fossil fuels?
Extracting resources from the Earth always comes with costs. As we race toward a cleaner, greener future, there is a risk of ...
Radioisotopic ages of newly discovered fossil sites hold clues to evolution of mammals
Anatolia, the western part of modern-day Turkey that sits at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, is a fossil-rich ...
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Digging for minerals in the Pacific’s graveyard: The $20 trillion fight over who controls the seabed
“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...
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Neutron scattering and supercomputing shed light on better biofuel production
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Cincinnati achieved a ...