posts tagged as rare earth minerals
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July 2019
Solar panels, wind turbines, and electric car batteries are made from some of the most hard-to-get metals on earth— dysprosium, neodymium, manganese, cobalt,...
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June 2019
Rare earth minerals—a group of 17 elements with similar qualities—are used in hundreds of high-technology products and military equipment. Military uses include...
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February 2018
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the United States is 100 percent import dependent for at least 20 critical and strategic minerals...
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February 2016
One of the common reasons people claim to support wind and solar technologies is to reduce dependence on foreign sources of energy....
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October 2013
The wind industry promotes itself as better for the environment than traditional energy sources such as coal and natural gas. For example,...
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March 2012
"President Obama's plan creates a much stronger dependence on China's virtual monopoly on rare earth production." President Obama’s energy policy is a...
