After two years of testing, Goodyear will start sourcing silica extracted from rice husk ash for tires made in China. Plus, recycling fishing nets into carpet.
Tag: mining
Environmental Groups Sue Over BHP Mine Expansion in New Mexico
A total of five environmental groups are suing the federal government for allowing a coal mine to expand in northwestern New Mexico.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute's Resourceful Earth: Continuing the "Jobs vs. the Environment" Fallacy
Update: The last numbers on the poll were 50/50… but, as they’d been trending towards blocking the ad for most of the week, I decided to go ahead and do [ … ]
Wind Energy Jobs Surpass Coal Mining Jobs
Todd Woody reported last week that the wind energy industry now employs more people than coal mining. That is 85,000 jobs in wind – a 70% increase from 2007 – [ … ]