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16 states pass bills against lab-cultured meat, and the SEC was sued over its new climate-disclosure rule approved last week.
by Leah Garden
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A Ceres report highlights what the beverage industry can do to better mitigate water quality impacts.
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AI could help find new sources for lithium, cobalt, copper and nickel more quickly and, theoretically, with less environmental degradation than previous methods.
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What's coming next for sustainability: Mining, oceans, artificial intelligence and justice.
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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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Featuring a conversation with Lucia Athens, who recently retired from her role as the city of Austin’s first chief sustainability officer.
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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 boom in small-scale gold mining in Bolivia has raised concerns about pollution from mercury used in the mining process. Researchers are citing the health impacts on downstream villages, but the government has yet to act to stem the widespread use of the highly toxic chemical.
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Taking a look at Lansink's waste hierarchy and the circular economy to challenge the 2,000-year-old method of using landfills for waste disposal.
by Conor Riffle
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Investors must engage strategically across the whole mining sector to ensure it is able to play the role society demands of it.
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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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Diving into risk? The ocean depths are rich with metals and minerals critical for the clean economy transition.
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Minerals supply chains often obscure the impacts of mining, exposing companies to operational, financial and legal risks.
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New report calls for revamped safety standards as companies race to meet demand for clean energy minerals.
by Lina Tran
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Deep-sea minerals are not currently commercially available, and whether they have a role in future supply chains is the subject of heated debate.
by Winnie Yeh
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Digging in: New initiatives aimed at “mining” materials from products already in circulation and out of the waste streams help cut extraction of natural resources.
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Sponsored: The world needs to focus on more innovative approaches to building a circular economy if it is to truly address environmental threats.
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A conversation about next-generation recycling technology, progress since China banned most imports of plastic and paper, and demand driving the industry forward.
by CJ Clouse
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Mining companies may in future have to report on the impact of individual operations as part of more stringent ESG data reporting.
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Mining firms are using the green energy movement as an excuse to keep extracting rare earth minerals on public land for next to nothing.
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Sponsored: A new study debunked the long-held myth that corrugated pizza boxes are unrecyclable. Now, they’re aiming for a slice of the recycling pie.
by Pete Durette
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In an open letter, the CEOs of the companies also outline plans to set targets for Scope 3 value chain emissions.
by Bea Tridimas
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Tesla is driving down the amount of waste generated per vehicle and has decreased manufacturing waste by 50 percent in new facilities.
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Next time you look up at the night sky and consider your place in the universe, consider that there are 8,000 metric tons of junk swirling around above you.