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FILE - Work continues at a shale gas well drilling site in St. Mary's, Pa., March 12, 2020. Facing the need to win Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris has sworn off any prior assertion that she opposed fracking. But that hasn't stopped Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump from wielding her now-abandoned position as to win over working-class voters in the key battleground state where the industry means jobs. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
ElectionsNatural GasNewsPoliticsRegulations

Harris once wanted to ban fracking, Trump reminds voters

In the battleground state of Pennsylvania, Kamala Harris' fracking record is attacked as Donald Trump cites her abandoned position calling for a ban.

Dave Hoffman of West Virginia University's Water Research Institute holds up a vial of light rare earth oxides at a facility that separates them from acidic groundwater draining from an abandoned coal mine, June 25, 2024, in Mount Storm, W.Va. Researchers are finding that groundwater pouring out of this and other abandoned coal mines contains the rare earth elements and other valuable metals that are vital to making everything from electric vehicle motors to rechargeable batteries to fighter jets smaller, lighter or more powerful. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
CoalCritical MineralsNews

Demand for rare elements could help clean up old US coal mines

Yttrium, gallium and many more critical minerals could be salvaged as researchers look to West Virginia's coal mines for valuable metals.

ClimateEmissionsNewsPolitics

Pennsylvania governor announces plan to fight climate change in his major energy-producing state

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled a plan Wednesday to fight climate change, saying he will back legislation to make...

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