Three Climate Takeaways From Indonesia’s Presidential Election and the Vote for Subianto The presumed winner supports policies that have led to a boom in coal-burning, but also to the creation of a nascent electric-battery industry.
Norway Moves to Allow Seabed Mining Exploration The decision in Parliament, opposed by environmentalists, will allow prospectors to start surveying the country’s waters.
The First Secret Asteroid Mission Won’t Be the Last AstroForge, a private company, wants to mine a space rock, but it doesn’t want the competition to find out which one.
Sand Mining Threatens Long Island’s Drinking Water. Or Does It? The Sand Land mine near Southampton sits on top of a protected groundwater area that environmental activists fear could be harmed by the operation.
It Could Be a Vast Source of Clean Energy, Buried Deep Underground In eastern France, and in other places around the world, deposits of natural hydrogen promise bountiful power. But questions remain.