Sweden abolishes tax on plastic bags despite warnings usage could rise – centre-right coalition government says consumption already below EU target
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How guayule, a small shrub, could help the US rubber industry
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Carbon myopia is concealing a deeper problem: our insatiable appetite for materials
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‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores
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Cement is a big polluter. Heidelberg Materials in Norway is betting it can profit from carbon capture that will reduce the carbon dioxide.
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Comprehensive bipartisan plastics recycling bill tackles plastics pollution in US
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Houston's plastic waste, waiting more than a year for "advanced" recycling, piles up at a business failed three times by fire marshal
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Ocean plastics: How much do rich countries contribute by shipping their waste overseas?
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Scientists are now preparing to drill into the rock of Krafla in Iceland to learn more about how volcanoes behave
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Thousands protest against lithium mining in Serbia
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Heidelberg Materials' cement plant in Norway will be the first of a handful around the world to capture carbon in the production of cement
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Mining firm Rare Earths Norway says it has discovered Europe's largest proven deposit of highly prized rare earth elements
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'Absolute miracle' breakthrough provides recipe for zero-carbon cement
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Joe Biden administration commits $6B to cut US emissions from high-carbon industries
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How can mining precious metals ever be sustainable?
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Zero emissions heat technologies for industry
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Inside the crime rings trafficking sand
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Can hydrogen help the world reach net zero?
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Plant-based spread maker tries move into paper-based tubs
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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
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Cobalt-rich Congo votes with crucial role in climate change
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Site Zero recycling plant in the city of Motala should double the amount of plastic packaging being recycled in Sweden
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Exxon aims to become a top lithium producer for electric vehicles with Arkansas drill operation
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US reenters the nuclear fuel game
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Paper cups are just as toxic as plastic cups
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The indigenous groups fighting against the quest for 'white gold' in South America
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California cement industry marks near-term progress on carbon neutrality goals
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Plastics have shaped nearly every aspect of society. Now what?
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Norway may soon open waters in the Arctic and sub-Arctic to sea floor mining – growing demand for important minerals, including copper and nickel
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Rock flour produced by the grinding under Greenland's glaciers can trap climate-heating carbon dioxide when spread on farm fields
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The race across Europe to build green steel plants – construction of a plant is underway just outside Boden in northern Sweden
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The world’s farms are hooked on phosphorus. It’s a problem.
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Lithium company Ioneer scores $700 million conditional loan from Energy Department for Nevada plant
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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
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Has Sweden invented green steel?
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Driftwood floats thousands of kilometers from Siberia to Iceland, but it may drift no longer by 2060 due to climate change
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Meltwater from Greenland's ice sheet is loaded with the right kind of sand for concrete production – which further warms the planet
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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
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How glass recycling works
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The Gold Rush returns to California
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EVs and batteries: The world's lithium and cobalt problems
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The promise and peril of turning the Salton Sea into California's "Lithium Valley"
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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.
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Arctic island finds green power can be a curse – Greenland's rare-earth elements are attracting superpowers riding a green revolution
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Rebuilding after a wildfire? Most states don't require fire-resistant materials
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Colonial life and the burning of wood
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The millions being made from cardboard theft
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This simple crib cost $28,885 to make—because it was made with zero fossil fuels
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IBM’s lithium-ion battery uses seawater materials instead of heavy metals, charges in just five minutes
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Climate change plans need to account for the manufacturing of materials like steel, cement, plastic, glass, aluminum, and paper
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