Trump himself has acknowledged the US need for Canadian aluminum – and has largely exempted metals from tariffs

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Global push will triple toxic e-waste annually in 25 years, filling enough shipping containers to circle globe six times

Plus: California’s Stillborn Lithium Rush, and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital tech—and how we can do better.

And more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital tech—and how we can do better.

And more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital tech—and how we can do better.

They aim to withstand legal challenges by operating essentially as private clubs.

And more about the human and environmental costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

The frontier complicates disagreements between indigenous groups

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Plus: The Island of Ancient Copper, and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital tech—and how we can do better.

Plus: The continuing crisis of sand, and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital tech—and how we can do better.

Plus: Putting retired EV batteries back to work, and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital tech—and how we can do better.

After reaching the end of their automotive careers, the batteries have been repurposed and are online in Texas.

Plus: US says 'Give us your copper or lose HIV aid,' and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital tech—and how we can do better.

Plus: US says 'Give us your copper or lose HIV aid,' and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital tech—and how we can do better.

Ambiente (ExtraTerrestre) C’è del marcio in Danimarca, ma anche negli Usa, in Cina, in Nigeria; molto se ne annida purtroppo proprio nelle strade tracciate per realizzare la transizione verso l’energi...

How citizen-led advocacy in Manila reshaped transport policy, redirecting funding toward safer, more inclusive mobility for millions.

Journalism’s richest prize, celebrating world class reporting in a global campaign for public interest news and information

Plus updates on deep sea mining, and who I've been talking to.

EVs, solar panels, induction stoves and heat pumps, now cheaper than ever, are becoming more attractive as the conflict upends oil and gas markets.

Journalist Rachel Gilmore published an investigation in The Tyee. The men she unmasked showed up to intimidate her in person.

Missiles, fighter jets, drones, aircraft carriers, submarines—they all depend on critical metals controlled by Beijing.

Author Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow and I discuss how scary nukes really are, ways to think about waste, and how Russian weapons once helped power the American grid.

Federal immigration agent Bradley Shaver accidentally fired his gun at the Eagan Hampton Inn, shooting a bullet into the next room.

Ruben Ray Martinez was shot through his driver's-side window in South Padre Island, Texas.

Experts cite the difficulties of mining in an inhospitable, fast-changing polar environment.

It is not lost on local communities that the global South is being asked to bear the environmental cost of making batteries for electric cars so that wealthy countries can decarbonize.

On Tuesday, Green Party councillor Pete Fry and COPE councillor Sean Orr submitted notice of a motion to ban ICE agents from being deployed in any FIFA-related security operations during the six-week ...

President Trump has deployed thousands of National Guard and federal troops into our communities. Tell Congress: No troops on our streets.

Critical metals and strategic location, yes, but also something deeper and more disturbing.

A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

Plus: a New Year note from me; Rare Earth Explosion Visualized; and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

Plus: EV Sales Fall in North America, Boom Everywhere Else; Last Minute Gift Ideas; and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

An excerpt from "Power Metal: The Race for Resources That Will Shape the Future."