The squeeze on powering the open road
Regularly in the news, grocery stores, and at the pump, we are experiencing the limits of our planetary supply.
Environment
Mar 27, 2023
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News tagged with iron ore
Moving house: Arctic mining town's move divides residents
Each time he boasts about the colossal relocation of his town center in the Swedish Arctic, Kiruna mayor Gunnar Selberg gets a dressing-down from a very dissatisfied resident: his wife.
Environment
Jan 18, 2023
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54% of projects extracting clean energy minerals overlap with Indigenous lands, research reveals
Vast quantities of minerals are needed to accelerate the transition to a clean energy future. Minerals and metals are essential for wind turbines, solar panels, and batteries for electric vehicles. But Indigenous peoples ...
Environment
Dec 2, 2022
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More than half of all tropical deforestation directly attributable to industrial mining takes place in Indonesia
New research published in PNAS today showed that, out of 26 countries, Indonesia accounted for 58.2% of the tropical deforestation directly caused by industrial mining activities. Brazil, Ghana and Suriname also stood out ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 12, 2022
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A collapsing glacier in Kyrgyzstan sends worrying signal to Central Asia
On July 8, a glacier collapsed in the mountains of the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan, triggering an avalanche. There was little knowledge of this incident for two days, until it was publicized by foreign tourists who witnessed ...
Environment
Jul 14, 2022
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Tapping mineral wealth in mining waste could offset damage from new green economy mines
To go green, the world will need vast quantities of critical minerals such as manganese, lithium, cobalt and rare earth elements. But to some environmentalists, mining to save the planet is a hard pill to swallow if it leads ...
Economics & Business
May 31, 2022
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Australia has power to lower CO2 emissions in Asia Pacific
Australia could drastically lower carbon emissions in the Asia-Pacific region by exporting zero-carbon commodities such as electricity, green hydrogen and green metals, according to new research by experts at The Australian ...
Environment
Mar 18, 2022
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Long-sought Great Lakes projects get funding under new law
A project that will boost Great Lakes shipping in a crucial bottleneck and another intended to protect the lakes from invasive carp will get big funding increases under the Biden administration's infrastructure package, officials ...
Environment
Jan 20, 2022
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First foreign students arrive in Australia since virus closure
International students have arrived in Australia for the first time since the country shut its borders to curb coronavirus in March, with a charter flight touching down in Darwin on Monday.
Education
Nov 30, 2020
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Australia plans university fees hike to deter humanities students
Australia's conservative government announced plans Friday to double university fees for humanities students, in a bid to push people into more useful, "job-relevant" courses like maths and science.
Education
Jun 19, 2020
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