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- Megaprojects risk pushing forests past tipping point – report Thu, 19 Nov 20, 11:01amHuge road, energy and mining projects driving into heart of world’s remaining forests
- Ecotricity founder to grow diamonds 'made entirely from the sky' Fri, 30 Oct 20, 11:01amUK millionaire Dale Vince says lab-grown gems will be ‘world’s first zero-impact’ diamonds
- Solar and wind tipped to overtake coal within five years, report author says Mon, 19 Oct 20, 7:43amDemand for Australian thermal coal has peaked, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), and renewables will deliver 80 per cent of the world's energy needs in the next few years.
- Artist creates mesmerizing paintings using coal pollution from local streams Fri, 16 Oct 20, 5:30amYou gaze at a vibrant collision of color. Are you looking at the Earth? Is this bacteria under a microscope? Is it a distant galaxy through the lens of a telescope? Or could it be a rainbow of unique pigments created from...
- Small investors pile in to crowdfunder to mine lithium in Cornwall Wed, 14 Oct 20, 6:03amEx Investec banker raises additional £4m to tap ‘globally significant’ reserves of metal used in electric car batteries
- Geologists solve puzzle that could predict valuable rare earth element deposits Sun, 11 Oct 20, 8:00pmPioneering new research has helped geologists solve a long-standing puzzle that could help pinpoint new, untapped concentrations of some the most valuable rare earth deposits.
- BHP and Origin suspend membership of Queensland Resources Council over 'vote Greens last' campaign Wed, 7 Oct 20, 2:53pmMining giant and energy compny say they object to advertising targeting individual parties and had asked for campaign to be halted
- BHP suspends membership of Queensland Resources Council over 'vote Greens last' campaign Wed, 7 Oct 20, 2:53pmMining giant says it objects to advertising targeting individual parties and had asked for campaign to be halted
- First new deep coalmine in UK for 30 years gets go ahead Sat, 3 Oct 20, 4:45amPlanning permission granted to Cumbria project that will extract 2.7m tonnes of coal per year
- Chad halts lake's world heritage status request over oil exploration Thu, 24 Sep 20, 7:14pmExclusive: African state says it has agreements with oil companies in Lake Chad area
- Lithium find in Cornwall spurs hopes of regeneration Thu, 17 Sep 20, 7:41pmDiscovery of high-grade metal used for electric car batteries ‘could be enough to meet total future UK demand’
- Rio Tinto: why the sacking of three executives isn't enough for mining investors Sat, 12 Sep 20, 6:00amAustralia’s biggest superannuation funds also demand the miner guarantee the protection of culturally important sites
- Indigenous leaders say Rio Tinto dumping executives must be beginning of genuine transformation Sat, 12 Sep 20, 6:00amAustralia’s biggest superannuation funds also demand the miner guarantee the protection of culturally important sites
- How Australia's 'white gold' could power the global electric vehicle revolution Thu, 10 Sep 20, 3:30amMiners and environmentalists have reached an uneasy truce over lithium – both agree Australia should be mining more of this key ingredient in renewable energy batteries
- Revisiting EPA’s Gold King Mine blowout – Part 2 Tue, 8 Sep 20, 11:00amOn August 5, five years to the day after suffering from a 3-million-gallon spill of heavy-metal-laden toxic wastewater from Colorado’s Gold King Mine, the State of Utah announced a settlement of its claims against the U.S....