Coal Byproducts Are A Great Source Of Rare Earth Elements
Environment The vital ingredients for your next smartphone could come from energy waste Civilization as we know it wouldn’t exist without rare earth elements.
View ArticleHere’s how air pollution kills 3,450,000 people a year
Health Coal is costly As the president rolls back regulations that keep our air clean, how will air pollution hurt the global population? Read on:…
View ArticleThe President’s decision to leave the Paris Agreement will likely hurt...
Environment A rundown of the fallout. Leaving the Paris Agreement on climate change is mostly political theater—but it will still hurt the U.S. Read on.
View ArticleThere's no such thing as clean coal
Energy It's not an industry we should save. The clean power plant promised to reduce carbon emissions, deaths associated with pollution and provide cheaper energy. Here's why the EPA killed it.
View ArticleWhat it really takes to power your home for a day
Energy Here's how much gas, coal, oil, wind, solar, water, or nuclear fuel is required. If your home relied on just one source of electricity—gas, coal, oil, wind, solar, water, or nuclear fuel—how...
View ArticleAll the science that made it into the State of the Union
Science Topics included the opioid crisis, nuclear weapons, and "beautiful clean coal." Trump touched on his favorite topics, including tax reform, border control, and police heroism. He also touched...
View ArticleIt's 2018 and black lung disease seems to be on the rise
Health There is no cure for the fatal condition. Mining conditions were getting better, until recent trends revealed an increase in black lung disease.
View ArticleIf we’re going to capture our carbon emissions, we might as well put them to use
Nexus Media News Instead of storing carbon, researchers want to convert it into fuel. While scientists tend to talk about carbon capture and storage—one approach to fighting climate change — De Luna...
View ArticleTrump's EPA just released its version of the Clean Power Plan—and it's not...
Environment For environmentalists, ACE doesn't make the grade. It’s questionable how affordable or clean a plan that props up the declining coal industry can be.
View ArticleCoal ash, earthquakes, and other hazards posed by fossil fuels
Environment There seems to be no end to the ways fossil fuels can harm us. A new study found that 91 percent of coal plants surveyed across the United States were contributing unsafe levels of...
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