However, other experts fear that what Trump is proposing could leave cities and states unable to pay for much-needed ...

For over a century, the United States and Canada have worked in tandem to manage four of the five Great Lakes that straddle ...

Modern society, and the clean energy revolution, depend on rare earth elements. Can Greenland help break China's stranglehold on the market?

It takes lithium and cobalt to build the batteries that power electric vehicles and e-bikes, nickel and rare earth elements ...

“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

Grist spoke with five experts to understand what free, prior, and informed consent should look like in this new era of ...

Instead of continuing to dig tunnels or pits, some scientists are looking to a promising yet challenging source of minerals: ...

Extracting resources from the Earth always comes with costs. As we race toward a cleaner, greener future, there is a risk of ...

The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are ...

The Sunshine State built more large-scale solar than California last year and was again No. 2 for residential, despite state ...

A U.S. Geological Survey effort to find underground deposits of clean energy metals has gotten bipartisan support.

While the ability to pull enough minerals from these sources to power the energy transition is still a long way off, ...