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Electric Vehicles Could Match Gasoline Cars On Price This Year

Electric Vehicles Could Match Gasoline Cars on Price This Year

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Competition, government incentives and falling raw material prices are making battery-powered cars more affordable sooner than expected. More quickly than seemed possible a few months ago, sticker prices for electric vehicles are falling closer to the point where they could soon be on a par with gasoline cars. Increased competition, government incentives and falling prices …

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Metal Detector Hobbyist Finds A 500 Year Old Pendant Linked To Henry Viii

Metal Detector Hobbyist Finds a 500-Year-Old Pendant Linked to Henry VIII

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Researchers say the jewelry, found in a field outside Birmingham, England, is an extraordinary piece of treasure. LONDON — Charlie Clarke, a 34-year-old cafe owner in Birmingham, England, was feeling down about losing his dog to cancer, so he went over to a friend’s place in the countryside to take a stroll and get some …

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A Copper Mine Could Advance Green Energy But Scar Sacred Land

A Copper Mine Could Advance Green Energy but Scar Sacred Land

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SUPERIOR, Ariz. — As Wendsler Nosie finished his evening prayers sitting before a mesquite fire, a ceremonial yucca staff festooned with eagle feathers by his side, he gazed sternly toward a distant mesa where mining companies hope to extract more than a billion tons of copper. That mine could help address climate change by helping …

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Sweden Says It Has Uncovered A Rare Earth Bonanza

Sweden Says It Has Uncovered a Rare Earth Bonanza

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A state-owned mining company announced it had found Europe’s largest deposit of the vital minerals used in electric vehicles and other green technology. A Swedish mining company said this week that it had found Europe’s largest known deposit of coveted rare earth metals, critical to many green technologies including electric vehicles, in a far northern …

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Electric Cars Are Taking Off But When Will Battery Recycling Follow

Electric Cars Are Taking Off, but When Will Battery Recycling Follow?

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Many companies and investors are eager to recycle batteries, but it could take a decade or more before enough used lithium-ion batteries become available. Benjamin Reynaga used power tools to hack his way into a beat-up hybrid Honda Fit at an auto dismantling plant at the edge of the Mojave Desert until he reached the …

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Us Proposes Global Green Steel Club That Would Put Tariffs On China

US Proposes Global Green Steel Club That Would Put Tariffs on China

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A concept paper sent to the European Union suggests a new trade approach to promote metal made with less carbon emissions. WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday sent a proposal to the European Union suggesting the creation of an international consortium that would promote trade in metals produced with less carbon emissions, while imposing …

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How A Quebec Lithium Mine May Help Make Electric Cars Affordable

How a Quebec Lithium Mine May Help Make Electric Cars Affordable

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About 350 miles northwest of Montreal, amid a vast pine forest, is a deep mining pit with walls of mottled rock. The pit has changed hands repeatedly and been mired in bankruptcy, but now it could help determine the future of electric vehicles. The mine contains lithium, an indispensable ingredient in electric car batteries that …

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