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A government program hopes to find critical minerals right beneath our feet

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Sunday, March 19, 2023

Scientists are using recon flights and field research to track down key metals for the green energy transition

Scientists are using recon flights and field research to track down key metals for the green energy transition

Scientists are using recon flights and field research to track down key metals for the green energy transition
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Boost in Solar Energy and Electric Vehicle Sales Gives Hope for Climate Goals, Report Says

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AP Interview: Jennifer Granholm Says US Aims to Create Nuclear Fusion Facility Within 10 Years

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Is graphene a cleantech supermaterial? This startup thinks so

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The slow energy transition (Sept. 19, 2023)

On Tuesday's show: Is the energy transition happening fast enough for us to meet our climate change goals? We learn what a new report has to say.

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A Low Carbon Future for China’s Furnace Cities

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Backyard

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Total Disaster

Armed with realistic bird puppets, trickster environmental activists pretend to be oil company Total—staging a satirical press conference to introduce "RéHabitat," a program to rescue animals from the East African Oil Pipeline by relocating them to “more sustainable” habitats. Using humor and mischief, they expose a deadly ecological disaster in a zany effort to help #StopEACOP.

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