New filtration material could remove long-lasting chemicals from water ~enviro pollution.water Article 936 words, published Sep 6 2024 6 votes
Eleven on trial in Sweden's largest environmental crime case – Bella Nilsson's company Think Pink accused of dumping at least 200,000 tonnes of waste ~enviro recycling pollution.ground Article 567 words 23 votes
Turning brownfields to blooming meadows, with the help of fungi ~enviro pollution.ground Article 1638 words 12 votes
Mining firm Rare Earths Norway says it has discovered Europe's largest proven deposit of highly prized rare earth elements ~enviro Article 14 votes
Consumer reports on high levels of sodium and heavy metals in Lunchables ~food Article 614 words 26 votes
The lone prospectors keeping the legacy of the gold rush alive ~hobbies Article 3398 words, published May 1 2019 12 votes
Joe Biden administration commits $6B to cut US emissions from high-carbon industries ~enviro energy.renewable plastics climate change pollution Article 986 words 19 votes
Egyptians are buying and selling gold just to stay afloat ~finance economics Article 1557 words 9 votes
A landslide of contaminated soil threatens environmental disaster in Denmark. Who pays to stop it? ~enviro pollution.ground water Article 501 words 19 votes
The origin of mysterious green ‘ghosts’ in the sky has been discovered ~science physics.astro Article 1069 words 18 votes
Road hazard: Evidence mounts on toxic pollution from tires ~enviro pollution.air pollution.water plastics.micro Article 2091 words 30 votes
Traders in Bangladesh used lead chromate to enhance turmeric’s appearance. Then scientists and policymakers stepped in. ~food Article 4011 words, published Jul 19 2023 26 votes
The indigenous groups fighting against the quest for 'white gold' in South America ~enviro pollution.water Article 962 words 11 votes
Chromium is showing immense promise as a cheap, plentiful alternative to metals used in smartphone screens and solar cells ~science Article 433 words 11 votes
Niger has suspended the export of gold and uranium to France this Sunday with immediate effect ~society Article 333 words 36 votes
Norway may soon open waters in the Arctic and sub-Arctic to sea floor mining – growing demand for important minerals, including copper and nickel ~enviro Link 10 votes
Multi-layer reactive foil: no fuel, no oxygen, tons of heat ~science chemistry physics Video 6:08 9 votes
Wire EDM is an insanely precise manufacturing method. But there's a trick behind these objects that appear to have no seam. ~science Video 9:37 7 votes
Green steel: Can we make steel without CO2 emissions? ~science Video 14:47, published May 30 2022 5 votes
The race across Europe to build green steel plants – construction of a plant is underway just outside Boden in northern Sweden ~enviro climate change Article 1185 words 6 votes
Europe's largest deposit of rare earth metals has been found in Sweden – may not reach market before 10-15 years' time due to environmental risk evaluations ~enviro energy.renewable Article 34 words 5 votes
The world depends on this government warehouse's collection of strange Standard Reference Materials. They're not cheap. ~science chemistry Video 18:32, published Nov 19 2022 1 vote
Norway's exports reached a record in July, driven mainly by natural gas prices that have soared – higher fish and metals exports also contributed ~finance Article 404 words 4 votes
Greenland is ground zero for the impacts of climate change, but it could also become ground zero for sourcing the metals needed to power the solution to the crisis ~enviro climate change Article 4 votes
Gallium: The liquid metal that could transform soft electronics ~science physics Article 1122 words, published May 3 2022 7 votes
'Green steel' heating up in Sweden's frozen north – HYBRIT is a joint venture between SSAB, mining company LKAB and Swedish state-owned power firm Vattenfall ~finance business Article 903 words 5 votes
Swedish green steel venture HYBRIT has made the world's first customer delivery of steel, produced without using coal, to Volvo ~finance business Article 299 words 15 votes
Large amounts of mercury discovered in Greenland's glaciers – the heavy metal raises concerns for the health of indigenous communities ~enviro pollution.water Article 1018 words 5 votes
We’ve barely explored the darkest realm of the ocean. With rare-metal mining on the rise, we’re already destroying it. ~enviro Article 3093 words 6 votes
Environmental impact of Bitcoin much worse than gold ~finance cryptocurrency Article 388 words, published Apr 24 2021 7 votes
Iron, how did they make it? Part I, Mining ~humanities.history Article 6268 words, published Sep 18 2020 8 votes
Here are Tesla’s biggest announcements from Battery Day: Elon Musk said the company will phase out cobalt and aims for a $25k car ~tech Article 653 words 18 votes
New Tesla "million mile" battery in development that relies on little to no cobalt, poised to reshape auto economics ~science Link 7 votes
Copper-coated doorknobs to kill COVID? It makes sense, say scientists ~health Article 597 words 9 votes
How precious metals sellers psychologically manipulate elderly conservatives ~finance Article 1792 words 10 votes
SSAB has teamed up with Vattenfall and LKAB to build a pilot plant for the world's first fossil fuel free steel-making process ~finance business Article 5 votes
Militia strike gold to cast a shadow over Sudan's hopes of prosperity ~society politics Article 2110 words 4 votes