Why we need so much lithium
Lithium used to be almost an afterthought — found in small quantities in medicine and tempered glass, and peaking in ...
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Your expensive power bill is part of an alarming trend
Like most Americans this month, your most recent power bill may have given you a shock. Residential electricity rates have ...
Lead-acid batteries are poisoning the Global South. Here are 3 proven ways to stop that.
Remember the Flint, Michigan, water crisis? The public health disaster that, at its peak, poisoned nearly 5 percent of the ...
The wild hunt for clean energy minerals
The world is hungry for more stuff: televisions, phones, motors, container ships, solar panels, satellites. That means the stuff required ...
Escape Velocity
President Donald Trump ran on a promise of more fossil fuels, fewer environmental regulations, and outright climate denial — and ...
Tesla Sales Are Slumping, Even in the Most E.V.-Friendly Place
If there is anyplace Tesla should be thriving, it’s Norway. Electric vehicles account for more than 90 percent of new ...
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