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A government program hopes to find critical minerals right beneath our feet
Federal scientists are using recon flights and field research to track down metals that are key to the energy transition.
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Puerto Rico town celebrates ‘first-of-its-kind’ solar microgrid
In the event of an outage, the battery system can power 14 downtown businesses for up to 10 days.
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![A construction worker builds the cinder block foundation for a new home]()
How a small business in Arizona is helping decarbonize concrete
The pioneering project cuts cement from the recipe and replaces it with industrial waste and carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere.
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![A scientist in googles and a white lab coat works in a row of white and yellow machines with lots of tubes.]()
![A scientist in googles and a white lab coat works in a row of white and yellow machines with lots of tubes.]()
From lab to market, bio-based products are gaining momentum
Propelled by government investment and shareholder demand, manufacturers are pushing to get bio-based products into the marketplace. Made from plants, fungi, and microbes, these new materials aim to replace those that contain toxins and are difficult to recycle or reuse.
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A new alliance for ‘high quality’ carbon removal highlights tensions within the industry
The group will focus on permanent removal, distancing itself from "temporary" solutions and traditional offsets.
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Can crypto mining go green? Critics are skeptical
Some miners are promising more climate-friendly operations, but research shows the industry is a long way from putting that into practice.
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The Biden administration aims to make EV charging as easy as filling up
The first comprehensive standards for public electric vehicle charging stations will help ensure reliability and accessibility.
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Destroying ‘forever chemicals’ is a technological race that could become a multibillion-dollar industry
Technology to eliminate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – known for their links to fertility problems and some cancers – could be on the horizon.
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![Collage: broken cell phone, screwdriver and tweezers, blueprint of cell phone, IBM, Apple, and Google logos, and Governor Kathy Hochul signing a document]()
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How Big Tech rewrote the nation’s first cell phone repair law
Documents reveal tech lobbyists revised a right-to-repair bill before New York's governor signed it.
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New data show Houston-area communities are being flooded with chemicals
"The people there are tired of being studied. We need to take action.”
