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The International Energy Agency's updated report covers everything from fossil fuel projections and earlier net-zero targets to heat pump policies and CCS prospects.
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A new report from McKinsey sets out how businesses and government can work together to preempt potential shortfalls in supplies of nickel and rare earth minerals.
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Mike Werner, Google’s head of circular economy, says companies should move quickly to measure their reliance on critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt and copper.
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A mining boom in mountainous Argentina, Chile and Bolivia, home to half the world’s lithium reserves, could drain vital ecosystems and deprive Indigenous communities of water.
by Fred Pearce
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While the region has a small cache of valuable tellurium, politics and economics are in the way.
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Sponsored: With the new politics of clean energy, a substantial, sustainable and secure supply of domestic copper is vital for U.S. economic and national security.
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New projects in California's Salton Sea could extract the metal — needed for electric vehicle batteries — at scale.
by Bryant Jones
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The need for metals is a problem in search of a solution. Will the United States fill the mining gap?
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There’s a long way to go for responsible mining, but a Mexican mine just took the first step with an audit by the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance.
by Jesse Klein
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In areas of the ocean beyond national jurisdiction, countries cooperate through the Law of the Sea Convention, ratified by 167 countries and the European Union. The U.S. should join them and help to lead on this issue.
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Demand for cobalt is expected to soar in coming years as electric vehicles take to roads everywhere.
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The environmental damage and human health hazards that these activities create may be both severe and irreversible.
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Carmakers are coming under increasing pressure to ensure the materials used for electric vehicle production are responsibly sourced.
by Toby Hill
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Sponsored: International Copper Association discusses responsible mineral sourcing to ensure a low carbon future.