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Report: A look at Nevada’s push for critical mineral mining
Critical minerals are projected to play a pivotal role in the renewable energy transition. This is particularly true for resources like lithium, which is gaining relevance due to its use in lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles (EV). Lithium. “Lithium is a keyword in the modern renewable space, primarily because...
Gold, silver and lithium mining on federal land doesn’t bring in any royalties to the US Treasury
The article is used with permission by The Conversation. When Congress opened U.S. public lands for mining in 1872, the nation was less than a century old. Miners used picks, shovels and pressurized water hoses to pry loose valuable minerals like gold and silver. Today, mining is a high-technology industry,...
Patterns in philanthropy leave small newsrooms behind. Can that change?
This story is used with permission by Nieman Journalism Lab, Harvard University. This is Part 2 of a two-part series, “‘Haves and have-nots’ in nonprofit news? The view from small news outlets. Find Part 1 here. Before helping found the nonprofit Sierra Nevada Ally in 2020, Joe...
Many small news nonprofits feel overlooked by funders. A new coalition is giving them a voice
This story is used with permission by Nieman Journalism Lab, Harvard University. This is Part I of a two-part series, “‘Haves and have-nots’ in nonprofit news? The view from small news outlets. Tomorrow, we will publish Part 2. Here’s a question I bet you can’t answer without...
Lithium Liabilities: The untold threat to water in the rush to mine American lithium
SILVER PEAK, N.V. — Nyle Pennington, a veteran water scientist who tracks groundwater for local governments, stopped at a monitoring station just one mile from America’s only active commercial lithium mine. For years this well in Central Nevada typically held enough fresh water to reach the height of a three-story building, or about 30 feet. Pennington said it supplied much-needed nourishment for local cattle grazing under the Nevada sun.
Vast and Proper
As I drive home from work. our origins: Canaan, America, Nevada. plume of dust from a dirt bike in the sage. the mind tilts at obscene angles. These ranges offer silence beyond this traffic. I feel a squirrely desire to disappear. Each day I drop my son at the green...
Proponents push outdoor diversity
S’lacio Bankston struggled on the icy pitch, lost his footing and backed off. Later, the 20-year-old refocused and invoked Mohammed Ali to pump himself up: “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!” Bankston sent the frozen waterfall on his second effort as his friends erupted in cheers.
Energy guru says efficiency can bridge the gap
The experts tell us an energy gap looms: Fossil fuels are phasing out, but solar and wind power can’t produce enough electricity to meet demand in coming decades. But that’s not the thinking of Amory Lovins, the 76-year-old co-founder of RMI, formerly the Rocky Mountain Institute in western Colorado.
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