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Buried fortune: US finds $8.4 billion in rare earths sitting in coal ash landfills
A study estimates that U.S. coal ash contains 11 million tons of rare earth elements.
Caught in the Headlines
Interesting Engineering
For years, the United States has depended on imports of rare earth elements, the critical materials found in everything from smartphones to renewable energy technologies. But in a surprising twist, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have discovered that a massive domestic supply has been sitting right under our noses all along. ...
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Core Natural Resources Attends White House Energy Executive Order Signing
News Flash
Pittsburgh Technology Council
Coal continues to be one of the most abundant, affordable, and dispatchable forms of energy in the world. It remains a vital component in the making of steel, cement, fertilizers, and thousands of other products essential to our quality of life. Anthony Sable and Matt Mackowiak of Core Natural Resources speak on their experience at the White ...
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Halfway Between Kyoto and 2050
Zero Carbon Is a Highly Unlikely Outcome
Fraser Institute
This essay evaluates past carbon emission reduction and the feasibility of eliminating fossil fuels to achieve net-zero carbon by 2050. Despite international agreements, government spending and regulations, and technological advancements, global fossil fuel consumption surged by 55 percent between 1997 and 2023. And the share of fossil fuels in global energy consumption has only decreased ...
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Coal Is One of the Biggest Winners from Trump Victory
Barron's - MSN
Trump’s victory could extend the life of coal plants for years, because he plans to throw out the Biden administration’s environmental rules on the fossil fuel. Despite pledges by several countries to use less coal, it has stuck around, and global coal demand even rose to a record level last year—largely because of increased use ...
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Breathe a Little Easier: Why America’s Air is Among the Cleanest in the World
Institute for Energy Research
Breathe a Little Easier is part of our ongoing effort to explain the role that energy has played in improving human living standards over the past two centuries. This project examines trends in air quality in the U.S. in order to push back at the doom-and-gloom narratives that dominate so much of our thinking about energy ...
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Trump to fast-track permitting for 10 mining projects across U.S.
Reuters
The White House on Friday said it will fast-track permitting for 10 mining projects across the United States as part of President Donald Trump’s push to expand critical minerals production. The projects, which would supply copper, antimony, and other minerals – have been granted FAST-41 status, a federal initiative launched in 2015 to streamline approvals ...
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