If you have a Spotify subscription, then I would highly recommend you listen to the Siddarth Kara episode of The Joe Rogan Experience. Kara is an author, researcher, and activist…
Last week (June 17, 2021), the Minnesota House of Representatives debated the omnibus on climate and energy policy. Representative Mary Franson shined during this discussion, issuing a blistering speech that…
Center of the American Experiment and Mining Minnesota launched a joint campaign to educate Minnesotans about the importance of leading the world in responsible mineral development here at home. If…
In November of 2019, the Minneapolis Star Tribune ran an opinion piece by the Strib Editorial Board “Not This Mine, Not This Location.” The piece sought to lay out why…
Green New Deal faithful have a quite a conundrum; they want to completely stop using fossil fuels by switching to wind turbines, solar panels, and lithium ion batteries, but they…
Cobalt has become a controversial topic in the debate over copper nickel mining in Minnesota’s Duluth Complex. This metal, which is used in the lithium ion batteries in laptops, tablets,…
Self-identified environmentalists in Minnesota want to increase the adoption of wind, solar, and electric vehicles in our state, but they also generally oppose opening new mines in Minnesota that would…
Would Minnesotans rather buy their cobalt from unscrupulous mine owners in the Congo, or know the batteries in their smartphones and laptops contain ethically sourced cobalt from right here in…