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Recycling provides economic, national security, and environmental benefits. But the United States is playing catch-up to Asian countries, particularly China.

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

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

Extracting resources from the Earth always comes with costs. As we race toward a cleaner, greener future, there is a risk of repeating the abuses of mining for coal and other fossil fuels.

Not all critical minerals need to come from digging up the earth.

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

A "rollercoaster" of funding cuts and layoffs have gutted critical agricultural research projects across the nation.

After a string of discouraging rulings for other cities, a court upheld NYC's efforts to decarbonize its buildings.

New research shows which products are closest to "taste parity" — and which need more work.

Miners and their advocates worry that DOGE's cuts to the Mine Safety and Health Administration will put them at risk.

Advocates fear the agency will “justify avoiding any enforcement whatsoever” of millions of tons of coal ash nationwide.

"The health of Palestinians affects the health of Israelis and vice versa. And the best example is water."

As one of the regions most affected by the global climate crisis, local scientists are struggling with canceled research grants and funding cuts from federal agencies.

Rising energy costs are a problem in the U.S. Ending Inflation Reduction Act tax credits and ramping up fossil fuels would make it even worse.

Experts called the verdict “beyond punitive.” The organization plans to appeal and has already filed a countersuit in Europe.

Few regulations have been as subject to the yo-yo of successive presidential administrations and their political whims.

Rural residents are left holding the bills for everything from solar panels to grain dryers.

Carbon isn’t an enemy to “combat” or “tackle,” the environmentalist Paul Hawken writes, but the animating force of life.

“This is not designed to cut expenses, it's designed to destroy,” one official said.

Industry groups expressed concerns about California’s landmark plastic pollution law in the weeks before regulators were supposed to begin enforcing it.