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![June 2021 photo of Daniel Elvidge, a pilot plant technician at Lithium Americas Corp. in Reno, Nevada.]()
![June 2021 photo of Daniel Elvidge, a pilot plant technician at Lithium Americas Corp. in Reno, Nevada.]()
The climate case for a career in mining
The clean energy transition requires minerals mining, but young workers are reluctant to join an industry known for exploitation.
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![A large liquefied natural gas tanker sits docked in the Calcasieu River in June 2023, near the site of Venture Global's LNG export terminal.]()
![A large liquefied natural gas tanker sits docked in the Calcasieu River in June 2023, near the site of Venture Global's LNG export terminal.]()
The big question behind Biden’s liquefied natural gas pause
The Biden administration will weigh the climate impacts of exporting LNG before approving new terminals. It won't be easy.
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![Three workers install solar panels on the roof of a house.]()
![Three workers install solar panels on the roof of a house.]()
How California is casting a cloud over residential solar
Led by California, rooftop solar installations are poised to fall 12 percent nationally this year. It’s the first decline since 2017.
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Meet the communities trying to take over their local electric utility
Activists say public power would lower bills and expand clean energy. But they face tough opposition from investor-owned utilities.
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![An oil well sits idle surrounded by pine trees and blue sky in rural Arkansas.]()
![An oil well sits idle surrounded by pine trees and blue sky in rural Arkansas.]()
Oil companies used to run this town. Now they’re back — to mine for lithium.
Fossil fuel companies are turning to rural communities for critical minerals, raising familiar hopes and fears.
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![An overhead shot of a grain silo set on a farm with rolling fields.]()
![An overhead shot of a grain silo set on a farm with rolling fields.]()
Why humans are putting ‘coal’ and ‘oil’ back in the ground
Startups are processing plant waste into concentrated carbon to be buried or injected underground. It’s like fossil fuels, but in reverse.
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How an oil boom in North Dakota led to a boom in evictions
New study links surge of oil workers to long-term residents losing their homes.
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Biden protected the lands surrounding the Grand Canyon. Uranium mining is happening there anyway.
There's a long, nasty history of uranium mining on Native lands, but the company says this time is different.
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![A technician walks past reverse osmosis membranes at a desalination plant in Carlsbad, California.]()
![A technician walks past reverse osmosis membranes at a desalination plant in Carlsbad, California.]()
Can carbon capture solve desalination’s waste problem?
A startup claims it can store carbon dioxide in the toxic brine produced by desalination plants.
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![Flamingoes rest in a pond near in a wind farm]()
![Flamingoes rest in a pond near in a wind farm]()
How to build renewables without threatening biodiversity? Carefully.
Researchers say coupling wind and solar farms with actual farms is a good place to start.
