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‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores pollution.water pollution.ground plastics Article 750 words, published Aug 30 2024 32 votes
Cement is a big polluter. Heidelberg Materials in Norway is betting it can profit from carbon capture that will reduce the carbon dioxide. pollution energy climate change Article 400 words 10 votes
Comprehensive bipartisan plastics recycling bill tackles plastics pollution in US plastics recycling pollution Article 304 words, published Sep 19 2024 27 votes
Houston's plastic waste, waiting more than a year for "advanced" recycling, piles up at a business failed three times by fire marshal recycling plastics Article 1307 words 13 votes
Ocean plastics: How much do rich countries contribute by shipping their waste overseas? pollution.water plastics Article 1877 words 17 votes
Scientists are now preparing to drill into the rock of Krafla in Iceland to learn more about how volcanoes behave energy Video 6:09, published Aug 4 2024 3 votes
Heidelberg Materials' cement plant in Norway will be the first of a handful around the world to capture carbon in the production of cement pollution Article 1209 words 16 votes
Mining firm Rare Earths Norway says it has discovered Europe's largest proven deposit of highly prized rare earth elements Article 14 votes
'Absolute miracle' breakthrough provides recipe for zero-carbon cement Article 617 words, published May 23 2024 25 votes
Joe Biden administration commits $6B to cut US emissions from high-carbon industries energy.renewable plastics climate change pollution Article 986 words 19 votes
Plant-based spread maker tries move into paper-based tubs plastics recycling sustainability Link 13 votes
Sweden's Modvion inaugurates world's tallest wooden wind turbine – 105m tower's strength comes from 144 layers of laminated veneer lumber that make its thick walls energy.renewable Article 1306 words 12 votes
Site Zero recycling plant in the city of Motala should double the amount of plastic packaging being recycled in Sweden recycling plastics Article 687 words 6 votes
Exxon aims to become a top lithium producer for electric vehicles with Arkansas drill operation Article 26 votes
The indigenous groups fighting against the quest for 'white gold' in South America pollution.water Article 962 words 11 votes
California cement industry marks near-term progress on carbon neutrality goals Article 585 words 11 votes
Plastics have shaped nearly every aspect of society. Now what? plastics.single use pollution Article 3552 words 22 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 Link 10 votes
Rock flour produced by the grinding under Greenland's glaciers can trap climate-heating carbon dioxide when spread on farm fields Article 919 words 5 votes
The race across Europe to build green steel plants – construction of a plant is underway just outside Boden in northern Sweden climate change Article 1185 words 6 votes
Lithium company Ioneer scores $700 million conditional loan from Energy Department for Nevada plant energy.renewable Article 4 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 energy.renewable Article 34 words 5 votes
Driftwood floats thousands of kilometers from Siberia to Iceland, but it may drift no longer by 2060 due to climate change climate change Article 895 words, published Aug 25 2022 5 votes
Meltwater from Greenland's ice sheet is loaded with the right kind of sand for concrete production – which further warms the planet climate change water.melt Article 467 words, published Sep 1 2022 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 climate change Article 4 votes
The promise and peril of turning the Salton Sea into California's "Lithium Valley" pollution Article 1269 words 8 votes
There are signs the world might be running out of natural rubber. Disease, climate change and plunging global prices have put the world's rubber supplies into jeopardy. climate change Article 4 votes
Arctic island finds green power can be a curse – Greenland's rare-earth elements are attracting superpowers riding a green revolution energy.renewable Article 2274 words 11 votes
Rebuilding after a wildfire? Most states don't require fire-resistant materials Article 2036 words 6 votes
This simple crib cost $28,885 to make—because it was made with zero fossil fuels climate change energy.renewable Article 600 words 13 votes
IBM’s lithium-ion battery uses seawater materials instead of heavy metals, charges in just five minutes water.sea energy.renewable Article 420 words 12 votes