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    Ocean
    Insights
    April 23, 2025

    What We Know About Deep-Sea Mining — and What We Don’t

    • Ocean
    • climate change
    • Clean Energy
    A large ship used to test deep-sea mining methods on the open ocean.
    • Ocean
    • climate change
    • Clean Energy
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    March 3, 2025

    US Takes Important Step Toward Tackling Its Massive Abandoned Mine Problem

    • water pollution
    • environmental justice
    An EPA worker sprinkles lime powder in a polluted river.
    • water pollution
    • environmental justice
    Energy
    Insights
    February 12, 2025

    6 Opportunities to Accelerate the Global Energy Transition

    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • energy efficiency
    Two powerline workers in a lift.
    • Energy
    • Energy Access
    • Clean Energy
    • electric grid
    • energy efficiency
    Energy
    Insights
    January 7, 2025

    More Than Ore: The Pivotal Role Recycled Copper Can Play in the Energy Transition

    • Clean Energy
    • circular economy
    • Energy
    Copper wires are tangled in a recycling bin.
    • Clean Energy
    • circular economy
    • Energy
    Climate
    Snapshots
    November 22, 2024

    Community Benefits Snapshot: Stillwater Good Neighbor Agreement

    • U.S. Community Benefits Snapshots
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate Equity
    A river with cliffs and trees in Nye, Montana.
    • U.S. Community Benefits Snapshots
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate Equity
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 23, 2024

    Mining Is Increasingly Pushing into Critical Rainforests and Protected Areas

    • deforestation
    • data
    • Forests
    • data visualization
    • Energy
    Hydraulic gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon.
    • deforestation
    • data
    • Forests
    • data visualization
    • Energy
    Freshwater
    Insights
    January 10, 2024

    More Critical Minerals Mining Could Strain Water Supplies in Stressed Regions

    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • water quality
    • Water Quality
    Workers extracting lithium in Bolivia.
    • Freshwater
    • water pollution
    • water quality
    • Water Quality
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 3, 2023

    Overcoming Critical Minerals Shortages Is Key to Achieving US Climate Goals

    • U.S. Climate
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Salt heaps at the Salinas Grande salt flats in Argentina, home to a large lithium mine
    • U.S. Climate
    • Clean Energy
    • National Climate Action
    • climatewatch-pinned
    Cities
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    April 20, 2023

    How to Ensure a Sustainable Future for Electric School Bus Batteries

    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    Two new electric school buses in a school parking lot.
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    Climate
    Insights
    November 3, 2022

    3 Ways the Circular Economy Can Aid Climate Action

    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • adaptation
    • Clean Energy
    Rooftop solar panels
    • Business
    • corporate sustainability
    • adaptation
    • Clean Energy

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