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Water Management in Great Lakes States Deserves a Closer Look, Group Says

Demand for water in the region is increasing from data centers and other businesses, prompting one organization to call for more government oversight.

By Susan Cosier

A view of an industrial harbor off the shores of Lake Superior in Duluth, Minn. Credit: Michael Siluk/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Participants at the Association for Mineral Exploration conference in Vancouver in January examine core samples through magnifying devices. The yearly conference is known as a gathering place for companies with prospects in Alaska. Credit: Jesse Winter for Northern Journal and Inside Climate News

In Canada’s ‘Silicon Valley’ of Mining, Speculators Power a Hunt for Alaska’s Minerals

By Max Graham, Northern Journal

Visitors stand atop a large mound of salt byproduct from lithium production at a mine in the Atacama Desert of Chile. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

UN Scientists Propose a Plan to Meet Global Demand for Critical Minerals

By Carrie Klein

Sumean Gebe, from the O'Hongana Manyawa tribe, carries a Sulawesi bear cuscus after hunting on Aug. 19, 2024, in the dense forests of Halmahera, Indonesia.

A Nickel Rush Threatens Indonesia’s Last Nomadic Tribes and Its Forests, Fishermen and Farmers

Text and photos by Garry Lotulung

Native Americans Harvey Goodsky Jr. and his wife Morningstar harvest wild rice on Rice Lake in north central Minnesota. The Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Aitkin County, in north central Minnesota, is home to pristine a 4,500-acre body of water that provides the wild rice harvest that the Ojibwe have depended on for countless generations.

Dirty Water and Dead Rice: The Cost of the Clean Energy Transition in Rural Minnesota

By Karina Atkins

A view shows nickel sheets at Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company, a unit of Russia's metals and mining company Nornickel, in the town of Monchegorsk in the Murmansk region on February 25, 2021. Credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images

Russia’s War in Ukraine Reveals a Risk for the EV Future: Price Shocks in Precious Metals

By Marianne Lavelle

Vasily Ryabinin scales an overlook on the Taimyr Peninsula in June 2020, with the sprawl of the Norilsk Nickel complex visible below. He toured the area with Russian journalists shortly after resigning from his job with Russia's environmental protection agency due to his concern over what he saw as its failure to fully investigate the spill of 6.5 million gallons of diesel fuel into Arctic waterways last year. Credit: Yuri Kozyrev, NOOR

‘A Trash Heap for Our Children’: How Norilsk, in the Russian Arctic, Became One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth

By Marianne Lavelle

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