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Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a Canadian startup says it will move ahead, whether or not rules are in place.

E. Tammy Kim writes about a scientist working for the U.S. Geological Survey, an agency under the Interior Department, amid DOGE's attack on federal employees.

The Tesla Model 3 with the highest mileage in the world has surpassed impressive limits, showcasing durability and long-term performance.

In January, a lithium-ion battery-storage plant in Monterey County, Calif., caught fire and burned for days, prompting evacuations and school shut downs. Residents are concerned about their health.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were set to discuss, and maybe conclude, a deal giving the United States a share of Ukraine's valuable natural resources when they meet Friday.

The U.S. needs to improve domestic sourcing of raw materials and manufacturing.,

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The lack of cheap EVs and the reliance on combustion engines is putting Europe's plan to ban new petrol cars by 2035 at risk.

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4Earth Farms of Commerce, California, is recalling multiple brands of Organic Vegetable Medley, Conventional Vegetable Medley, and Organic Whole Carrots

The startup Alsym Energy, co-founded by MIT Professor Kripa Varanasi, is hoping its nonflammable batteries can link renewables with the industrial sector and beyond.

GM's much-touted Ultium system hasn't worked out as the company had hoped. As such, it's adopting other battery cell chemistries and physical formats.

Polymetallic nodules are potato-sized formations on the ocean floor that are rich in minerals such as nickel, cobalt, and manganese. Their concentration of rare, economically important minerals has made the nodules the focus of controversial deep-sea mining enterprises.

NEW YORK, Sep 23 (IPS) - This week's United Nations General Assembly marks nearly 20 years since the body first resolved to restrict bottom trawling on the world's seamounts, submarine mountains that rise thousands of feet above the sea floor and comprise some of the most biologically rich marine ecosystems on the planet.