An open pit tin mine in the Brazilian Amazon.Photo: mario tama (Getty Images) As the gears engage for the world to transition to clean energy, it is becoming increasingly clear that we are going to need more minerals, such as lithium, cobalt, and nickel, which help power our cars and form the backbone of our …
More than half of the world’s energy transition minerals are found on indigenous lands Read More »
Just a few small issues to fix. Photo: Eveleyn Hockstein (Reuters) The landmark Inflation Reduction Act is the largest U.S. contribution yet to meeting global emissions reduction goals. And the American allies are not happy about it. Certainly, they are happy to see that the United States is (finally) spending hundreds of billions of dollars …
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The Deepwater Horizon platform burns down on April 21, 2010.Photo: Gerald Herbert (PA) The network of offshore oil and gas facilities in the United States is at serious and growing risk from a potentially devastating cyberattack, according to a government watchdog. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a new report last week, finding that …
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Carbon credits derived from forest conservation, among other measures, will soon be available to companies through a UN-monitored market.Photo: Bruno Kelly (Reuters) As COP27 in Egypt races towards a conclusion, many important issues including the financing of “loss and damage”, how countries should report on their progress in reducing carbon emissions and whether all countries …
Cattle at a feedlot in Nebraska.Photo: Nati Harnik (PA) The the world’s largest meat and dairy companies are responsible for more than 10% of all global methane emissions from livestock, with some singular companies emitting as much or more methane than many individual countries, including Russia, the Germany, and Australia, a new report find. The …
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An illustration showing the inner workings of heavier (left) and lighter (right) neutron stars, imagined as pralines.Drawing: Peter Kiefer and Luciano Rezzolla Astrophysicists modeling the interiors of neutron stars have discovered that extremely compact objects have different internal structures, depending on their mass. They to suggest think of the stars like different types of chocolate …
Neutron stars are basically giant cosmic chocolates, say astrophysicists Read More »
An illustration showing the inner workings of heavier (left) and lighter (right) neutron stars, imagined as pralines.Drawing: Peter Kiefer and Luciano Rezzolla Astrophysicists modeling the interiors of neutron stars have discovered that extremely compact objects have different internal structures, depending on their mass. They to suggest think of the stars like different types of chocolate …
Neutron stars are basically giant cosmic chocolates, say astrophysicists Read More »
