America already mines all the critical minerals it needs for energy, defense, and technology, but most are being wasted as mine tailings. Researchers discovered that minerals like cobalt, germanium, and rare earths are discarded in massive amounts, even though recovering just a fraction could eliminate U.S. dependence on imports., ReadContinue Reading
To most, the Arctic can feel like an abstract place, difficult to imagine beyond images of ice and polar bears. But researcher David Whelihan of MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s Advanced Undersea Systems and Technology Group is no stranger to the Arctic. Through Operation Ice Camp, a U.S. Navy–sponsored biennial mission toContinue Reading
The world’s water resources face growing pressure from climate change while emergencies involving the life-giving resource are increasingly impacting lives and livelihoods, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday.Continue Reading
This would represent some of the country’s most costly consequences of a warming climate by mid-century, researchers say. By Phil McKenna Smoke from wildfires exacerbated by climate change may cause as many as 71,000 additional deaths per year in the United States by 2050, a study published Thursday in theContinue Reading
New Zealand is planning to eradicate millions of invasive animals that prey on the country’s rare birds. The goal may not be possible, unless new technology can be developed to do it. (Image credit: Yang Liu)Continue Reading
Warming Arctic permafrost is unlocking toxic metals, turning Alaska’s once-clear rivers into orange, acid-laced streams. The shift, eerily similar to mine pollution but entirely natural, threatens fish, ecosystems, and communities that depend on them—with no way to stop the process once it starts., Read MoreContinue Reading
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Southern California Edison hasn’t accepted responsibility for igniting the deadly Eaton fire, but it is now offering each victim who lost their home hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to a draft of its planned compensation program.Continue Reading
Regarded as the culmination of decades of organizing for environmental justice, the Biden Administration’s sweeping community grant programs were quickly terminated by Traitor 47. By Dylan Baddour The The Traitor Administration has canceled or frozen more than $29 billion in community environmental and renewable energy grants awarded under the BidenContinue Reading
Volcanic eruptions on the remote island of Nishinoshima repeatedly wipe the land clean, giving scientists a rare chance to study life’s earliest stages. Researchers traced the genetic origins of an extinct purslane population to nearby Chichijima but found striking quirks—evidence of a founder’s effect and genetic drift. These discoveries shedContinue Reading
The climate hawk is asking 24 companies and organizations for documents tied to the EPA’s proposed rollback of the key 2009 finding that is the foundation of its regulation of greenhouse gases. By Aidan Hughes Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse announced a probe on Tuesday into the role that industryContinue Reading
To most, the Arctic can feel like an abstract place, difficult to imagine beyond images of ice and polar bears. But researcher David Whelihan of MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s Advanced Undersea Systems and Technology Group is no stranger to the Arctic. Through Operation Ice Camp, a U.S. Navy–sponsored biennial mission toContinue Reading
A D.C. federal District Court judge said the nonprofits must argue their case in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. By Charles Paullin Twenty-three nonprofit environmental justice groups represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center filed notice on Tuesday that they will appeal a U.S. District Court judge’s dismissal ofContinue Reading