Hiding a thousand feet below the earth’s surface in this patch of northern Minnesota wetlands are ancient mineral deposits that some view as critical to fueling America’s clean energy future.
Tag: United States
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Going Into Debt for Groceries
Americans are increasingly turning to “buy now, pay later” services for food and other everyday essentials. And there are signs that the practice is putting some in deep debt.
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Billie Jean King: How Serena Williams Elevated Tennis
When the world champion, who helped professionalize women’s tennis, watches Williams play, she says, she thanks God: “Serena is living our dream.”
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‘The Eye of the Storm’: Taiwan Is Caught in a Great Game Over Microchips
Worried about the Chinese threat to Taiwan, the U.S. and others have tried to expand their piece of the island’s semiconductor production.
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Secret Data, Tiny Islands and a Quest for Treasure on the Ocean Floor
Mining in parts of the Pacific Ocean was meant to benefit poor countries, but an international agency gave a Canadian company access to prized seabed sites with metals crucial to the green energy revolution.