Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 03:50:24 +0000
A partnership between the mining and geothermal industries could lead both toward a more lucrative and greener future. Across the United States there are more than 3 million abandoned mining wells. Each hole drilled into the ground offers more than just the ghost of minerals never found. There are layers of valuable data waiting for […]
Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 16:20:16 +0000
As our own Jennifer Sensiba recently pointed out, “There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch” is an established economic principle— but it’s also a pretty well established principle in physics, too. Basically, you can’t get something for nothing, and there’s no such thing as free lunch energy. Or … is there? NBC News […]
Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 16:20:02 +0000
North America’s auto industry is facing an existential threat during the switch to electric cars.
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sun, 08 May 2022 19:11:32 +0000
In its 2021 Impact Report, Tesla announced that it visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Argentina in order to assess both environmental and societal risks. Tesla said that it has taken steps to complete social and environmental risk assessments by visiting both the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Argentina. You may remember […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 03:47:27 +0000
There is enough nickel and lithium to meet the world’s electric car needs, but Europe’s policymakers must do more to shore up supplies of sustainably sourced clean-energy metals.
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 15:35:26 +0000
The country’s first female president ran on a campaign to eliminate strip mineral extraction, which consumes massive amounts of water, pollutes local water and air, ruins landscapes, and destroys habitats.
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 11:40:01 +0000
We don’t need nickel from Russia. There is a critical need for nickel and other EV battery metals worldwide, but we don’t need to get it from Russia. In March 2022, Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas shared worries about Russia’s outsized role in the nickel supply chain for EVs. CNBC’s Phil LeBeau then discussed the note […]
Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 18:20:24 +0000
More money means more bites at North America’s lithium apple.
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:20:57 +0000
Can the DFA help defeat Pooty Poot? That’s a definite maybe.
Credit to Author: Gordon Hoekstra| Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 23:53:49 +0000
“Mount Polley’s permit for mine waste discharge into the lake should never have been approved in the first place. The discharge of wastewater into the once pristine Quesnel Lake affects the fish, wildlife and community members who rely on the lake.” — Christine McLean, coordinator of Concerned Citizens of Quesnel Lake
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