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Rio Tinto Expands Solar Power Capacity at Kennecott
Rio Tinto has energized a new 25-megawatt solar plant at its Kennecott copper operations in Utah, showcasing a circular critical-minerals supply chain in which tellurium produced at the site is used to manufacture the panels now powering it. Together with the 5MW solar plant completed in 2023, Kennecott now has … [continued]
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Winter weather closes schools, roads in Grey-Bruce again Tuesday
Thousands of children in Grey-Bruce are home for a second straight day, while several roads remain closed across the two counties due to winter weather conditions. The blizzard warning that was in effect across the two counties on Monday, had been downgraded to a yellow-level snow squall warning, according to Environment Canada’s colour-coded weather alert […]
An Olympic Dream
When U.P. snowboarder Nick Baumgartner lost in a qualifying round at the 2022 Olympics, he broke down on national TV. It was his fourth Olympics, he’d never medaled, and he was 40 years old. He might not get another shot at a medal. But then he got some news.
Researchers find Antarctic penguin breeding is heating up sooner
Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that’s a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study said.
Canada Opens Up To China’s EVs: Motivated By The Long Term, Not Tariffs
Our sources are once again proven reliable. In our earlier exclusive a few days before the news broke globally, we spoke of how China’s automobile and industry organizations were pushing (caressing) the Canadian government to reduce EV tariffs so that they could export their EVs to Canada. EV makers in … [continued]
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