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What the Critical Minerals Race Means for Women
Foreign Policy
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July 10, 2025
The race for critical and rare-earth mineral dominance is escalating, underscored by the Trump administration’s recent agreement with Ukraine. Demand for critical minerals—which power clean energy, artificial intelligence, and much more—is now...
Russell: Trump's tariffs on copper won't boost US production, but will increase costs
World Energy News - Connecticut
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The proposed 50% tariff on imported copper may be the most embarrassing own goal in the ongoing trade war between the United States and the rest of world. Trump announced Wednesday that the tariff would take effect on August 1. Trump's statement...
Trump says 50% tariff on copper imports will begin Aug. 1
CNBC
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July 10, 2025
Copper wires at a recycling facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, US, on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Niki Chan Wylie | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the 50% tariff on copper imports, which he had announced the...
Path clear for doing business with India
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 10, 2025
Business Newsday 4 Hrs Ago Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at a special joint assembly of Parliament at the Red House on July 4. - Photo by Jeff K. Mayers NARENDRA MODI came bearing gifts. Secondary school students will get 2,000...
Vulgarity of Money
Dissident Voice
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July 10, 2025
Several times, the question arose of whether Menachem Begin saw any comparison between the struggle of the Palestinians and the Jews’ War of Independence. Once, Mike Wallace, the well-known American interviewer asked him directly, “Mr. Prime...
At least 15 dead as polar air mass brings record low temperatures to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay
SANA
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July 5, 2025
Capitals,SANA- A cold wave originating from Antarctica brought record low temperatures to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay causing at least 15 deaths and prompting emergency shelter activation and gas supply restrictions across the region. In...
This Adorably Accurate Penguin Pot Was Made 1,600 Years Ago by the Nazca in Peru
ZME Science
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July 10, 2025
The vessel in question. Credit: Art Institute of Chicago In a land where rain rarely falls and the desert stretches to the sea, a penguin once waddled into the imagination of an ancient people. More than 1,600 years ago, on the parched...
Is research relevant for ensuring local community sustainability? Community foundations as knowledge infrastructure for local communities
Alliance Magazine
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July 5, 2025
At Infrastructures for the Future, a new gathering to fortify and expand the ecosystem of philanthropy support organisations, attendees asked themselves how to support community foundations. The Lab on Community Foundations, Research, and the SDGs...
Trump led a distracted America to its hour of crisis
Raw Story
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July 10, 2025
Donald Trump didn’t just try to overturn an election. He’s trying to overturn the very ideal — and reality— of what has historically made America great. While the media fixates on trade, Epstein, and floods, we’re all missing the real story:...
Chilean avocado volumes score 15-year high
Fresh Fruit Portal
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July 2, 2025
The 2024-25 Chilean avocado season saw record-breaking volumes, with a total production of 240,000 tons. This is a 15-year record high, the Chilean Avocado Committee has stated. The final figures also represent a 60% increase from the 150,000 tons...
Fauna, Flora … Funga?
alive magazine
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June 27, 2025
All about fungi Scientists and botanists believed that fungi were part of the plant kingdom until the mid-20th century, when fungi were finally classified as a kingdom of their own. This new distinction was made based on structural differences...
Recyclable lidding film as an alternative to traditional clamshells
Fresh Plaza
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July 2, 2025
StePacPPC's Xgo™ MONO-PET lidding film offers a practical alternative to traditional clamshell packaging by reducing plastic usage and extending the shelf life of fresh produce. Developed as part of a broader move toward mono-material packaging,...
Latin America’s Top Human Rights Court Sets ‘Blueprint for Action’ on Climate Crisis
The Energy Mix
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July 4, 2025
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) —In a landmark advisory opinion Thursday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights linked governments’ human rights obligations to their responsibility to address the threat of climate change—a move expected to shape policy...
Melting glaciers may trigger more volcanic eruptions, new research warns
Environmental Health News
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July 9, 2025
As ice sheets thin in volcanic regions, scientists warn that eruptions could increase, potentially speeding up climate change and ice melt in a dangerous feedback loop. Bob Berwyn reports for Inside Climate News. In short: New research in the...
Power Metallic Provides An Update On Summer 2025 Exploration Programs At Nisk Project
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Exploration is well underway for the summer to fall drilling campaign. The majority of the logging and core cutting facility upgrade (announced in the March 17, 2025, news release) has been completed allowing for faster...
'Highly Inspiring' Court Ruling Affirms Nations' Legal Duty to Combat Climate Emergency
Common Dreams
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July 4, 2025
In a landmark advisory opinion published Thursday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights—of which the United States, the world's second-biggest carbon polluter, is not a member—affirmed the right to a stable climate and underscored nations'...
Alisande Jaiserrisingh representing Guyana at FIBA Adelante Forum in Chile
News Room
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July 4, 2025
Alisande Jaiserrisingh, Coach of Queen’s College’s basketball team, is currently representing the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) at the prestigious FIBA Americas Adelante Forum, held alongside the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2025 in Santiago, Chile....
Chile approves faster permitting for mining and energy projects
The Sun Daily
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July 2, 2025
SANTIAGO: Chile’s congress approved long-awaited legislation to speed up the permitting process for investment projects in the country on Tuesday. The law was a key demand from the country’s mining industry as well as renewable energy companies...
Top Latin American court upholds right to “healthy climate”, urges fossil fuel control
Climate Home News
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July 4, 2025
Latin America’s top court of human rights has decided for the first time that people have the right to a “healthy climate” without “dangerous” human interference, and has urged states to regulate fossil fuel extraction and exploration, in a...
Metso Acquires Recycling Operations for Mill Lining Services
Canadian Process Equipment & Control News
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July 4, 2025
Metso Corp. announced Friday it has signed an agreement to acquire TL Solution’s recycling operations and induction heating technology development capabilities to expand its mill lining recycling services. The acquisition involves TL Solution, a...