Can We Sustainably Mine the Metals We Need for Renewable Energy? By Jonathan Hahn January 23, 2024 In "The War Below," Ernest Scheyder considers the hard choices of the clean energy transition In this story: books, clean energy, mining
Norway Greenlights World’s First Commercial Deep-Sea Mining Project By Elyse Hauser December 16, 2023 Here’s what the new project means for the US and other countries beyond the Nordic region In this story: mining, oceans, renewable energy
The Promise and Peril of Fueling the Clean Energy Transition By Amal Ahmed August 14, 2023 Could the green energy revolution start in one of the reddest states? In this story: clean energy, mining, mountaintop-removal mining, climate change, federal climate policy
President Biden Designates New National Monument Near Grand Canyon By Lindsey Botts August 8, 2023 Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni—Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument will honor tribal heritage and protect the area from uranium mining In this story: saving wild places, public lands, mining
This Puerto Rican Organizer Sees a Path for Light and Hope Adapted from an interview by Lindsey Botts May 10, 2023 Adriana Gonzalez is helping bring clean energy to the island In this story: activism, mining, indigenous communities
Environmentalists Push to Protect the Okefenokee Swamp From Titanium Mining By Niko Zlotnik February 14, 2023 Georgia is considering whether to allow a mine to be built next to critical wetlands In this story: mining, clean water
Clean Power at a Steep Price By Vince Beiser December 13, 2022 Extracting the lithium that EVs need could destroy this rare desert ecosystem in Chile In this story: clean energy, electric vehicles, renewable energy, mining, technology
Federal Court Delivers a Reprieve to Apache Members Seeking to Save a Sacred Site By Osha Gray Davidson December 1, 2022 Oak Flat has been spared a copper mine for now—but the legal maneuvering continues In this story: mining, indigenous communities
Proposed Gold and Silver Mine in Southeast Alaska Threatens Salmon, Bald Eagles, and Local Food Security By Elsa Sebastian January 15, 2022 Developers seek to overcome Indigenous and environmental resistance by offering perks to local communities In this story: salmon, indigenous communities, mining
Uranium Widows in Navajo Country By Wudan Yan October 29, 2020 Uranium mining has been banned in Navajo country—could it come back? In this story: indigenous communities, mining