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NASA successfully retrieves first asteroid samples from OSIRIS-REx spacecraft

October 05, 2023 -

The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) probe was launched on Sept. 8, 2016, and traveled to the near-Earth asteroid known as Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx collected a sample of rocks and dust from the surface of this asteroid and then made the long journey back to Earth.

The OSIRIS-REx landed at 10:52 a.m. Eastern Time on Sept. 24 in a Department of Defense-managed targeted area at the Utah Test and Training ...

Skyscraper-sized asteroid spotted near Earth deemed “potentially hazardous” by NASA

August 08, 2023 -

Experts report that 2022 SF289 is 600-foot-wide (180 meters) and orbits close enough to Earth to be classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA). The asteroid 2022 SF289 is one of an estimated 2,300 similarly classed objects.

Potentially hazardous asteroids are near-Earth objects (NEOs) that are larger than 460 feet (140 meters) in diameter.

PHAs could come within 4.65 million miles (7.48 million km) of Earth, or roughly 20 times the average distance between ...

Study: Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs allowed flowers to grow on the planet

September 22, 2023 -

Details of the study were published in the journal Biology Letters.

After an asteroid struck Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula 66 million years ago, Earth lost at least three-quarters of its species, along with all non-avian dinosaurs.

Experts call this devastating period the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction event.

New modeling showed that, even amid widespread devastation, angiosperms or the major families of flowering plants were adaptable enough ...

Brother of Biden’s clean energy advisor lobbies for Chinese mining company

2 months ago -

This relationship has drawn attention due to potential conflicts with the Biden administration's clean energy investments and a 2021 executive order aimed at restoring ethics in government service.

Tony's connection to China was first highlighted in 2022, when a report from Judicial Watch noted the significant role his brother played in disbursing the administration's $370 billion worth of taxpayer-funded clean energy funds. (Related: Climate Emergency Fund is an eco-money ...

STUDY: Deep-sea mining for EV metals can slash ocean animal populations in half

July 26, 2023 -

A new study published in Current Biology revealed that the rapid expansion of deep-sea mining of metals needed for electric vehicles (EVs) can slash ocean animal population in half.

In the study, captured from an underwater cobalt mining site off the coast of Japan, a short mining test was conducted by the Japanese government and analyzed by the researchers involved in the study to determine the harmful effects.

One year after the mining ...

Chinese mining companies accused of human rights and environmental abuses in pursuit of “green transition”

July 10, 2023 -

This is according to the Business and Human Rights Resource Center (BHRRC), a London-based non-government organization and corporate watchdog that tracks the local impact of thousands of businesses around the world.

According to the BHRRC's report, there were at least 102 alleged abuses linked to Chinese mining interests across 18 countries in 2021 and 2022. (Related: Car companies are expanding into the lithium mining business to secure their supplies for EV manufacturing....

Car companies are expanding into the lithium mining business to secure their supplies for EV manufacturing

July 06, 2023 -

Lithium, sometimes referred to as "white gold" for its high value and silvery white color, has fueled a new global mineral rush with the element being critical in the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries that power EVs. And as electric vehicle ramps up, demand for the metal soars with it.

Sales of EVs, which include battery-powered cars, pickup trucks and SUVs, rose 45 percent during the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year. In 2022, more than 10 ...

NASA asteroid deflection test accidentally creates a BOULDER SWARM that could impact the Earth with as much energy as the Hiroshima detonation

August 11, 2023 -

In September 2022, NASA conducted its first "planetary defense" experiment known as the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), with the goal of intentionally crashing a spacecraft into the asteroid known as Dimorphos in an attempt to change its trajectory.

NASA astronomers at the time concluded that the project was an amazing success, and Dimorphos' trajectory was changed slightly. The success of DART proved to scientists that there could be a way to save the Earth ...

“Green energy” mining is polluting rivers and farmland at an unsustainable pace, leaving 23 million people exposed to toxic waste

October 02, 2023 -

Rapid growth in metal mining for “green energy” is poisoning the food and water supply

The report finds that over 23 million people are currently impacted by toxic byproducts from the mines. Approximately 63,000 square-miles of flood plains and 297,800 miles of rivers are now polluted, due to aggressive “green energy” mining operations. These operations often use child labor to extract the rare earth elements needed to manufacture iPhones, solar cells, wind turbines, and batteries ...

Mining for “clean energy” minerals has left more than 23 million people exposed to TOXIC WASTE in their water, environment

September 28, 2023 -

The reckless transition to "clean" energy has created an environmental disaster of epic proportions, the paper reveals. In just the few short years that green energy has been a thing, harvesting it has already caused more ecological damage to the planet than has the more than 150 years' worth of drilling and mining for earth-based "fossil" fuels that has occurred since the industrial revolution.

What this means, of course, is that green energy is anything but clean, ...

Australia risks OVERMINING in its bid to break China’s grip over minerals crucial to clean energy technology

May 18, 2023 -

The Jubilee Australia Research Center (JARC) issued this warning in a report, claiming that the country could be digging up more critical minerals than necessary. It pointed out that while the Land Down Under has large mineral deposits, China remains the biggest processor and refiner of the key metals for renewable energy.

The JARC report mentioned that mining for these minerals could cause the destruction of habitats, the depletion of water resources, and the release of ...

NASA plans to MINE THE MOON by early 2030s, says rocket scientist

July 07, 2023 -

Gerald Sanders, a rocket scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, said America's space agency will at the beginning look into the development of oxygen and water on the moon and will later contemplate exploiting minerals on the moon like iron and rare earth minerals.

"We are trying to invest in the exploration phase, understand the resources… to [lower] risk, such that external investment makes sense that could lead to development and production," Sanders announced ...

Russia to ban individuals from using cryptocurrency for domestic transactions

November 01, 2023 -

Tkachev noted that the use of cryptocurrency in Russia is very limited as is and it is insufficiently regulated by the state. This new directive – which will keep cryptocurrency legal, including its individual possession – is part of the Kremlin's efforts to amend this. (Related: Russia to establish a national cryptocurrency exchange.)

Once the updated regulations are implemented, Tkachev explained that Russian individuals will be barred from using cryptocurrencies ...

Saltdale is slowly decaying at the hands of the mineral that once made it flourish – SALT

February 22, 2024 -

In the 1910s, the town produced tens of thousands of tons of salt every year. Decades later, the mine supported a community with a school, post office and a company store. Now, all that's left are remnants of an expired town that is slowly decaying, ironically, because of salt.

Saltdale is surrounded by raised ridges of hardened mud that divide Koehn Lake into tiny man-made pools of mushy salt. On top of these ridges are the remains of a once-extensive salt-mining operation....

Climate fanatics unveil massive sky UMBRELLA scheme to block sunlight and “cool” planet

August 10, 2023 -

In order to do this, Szapudi wants to capture an asteroid and use it as a counterweight to hold the umbrella and intercept all of the sun's ultraviolet rays so they never reach the earth's surface.

Things would be really dark and cold in such a scenario, but at least it would never be warm again, warmth being something that climate fanatics everywhere fear like the plague and want to eliminate from the four corners of the earth.

Szapudi actually published a paper ...

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE: FDA refusing to provide COVID “vaccine” safety data to Congress as requested

September 08, 2023 -

Earlier in the year, the FDA conducted a series of analyses based on data collected from the government-run Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), which tracks injuries and deaths caused by vaccines. Prior to that, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publicly claimed that none of the safety signals it identified pertaining to Fauci Flu shots were "unexpected."

Johnson, who is leading the charge in Congress to hold Big Pharma and Big Government ...

America IGNORING human rights, child labor abuses in the DRC to secure supplies of METALS for EV batteries

September 15, 2023 -

Known as the world's "king of cobalt," the DRC has long been regarded as the world's largest producer of the metal, accounting for nearly three-quarters of global output in 2022. A third of that output comes from the country's informal mining sector, made up of artisanal miners and children who often work with no safety equipment in dangerous, hand-dug mines. (Related: Big Tech demand for cobalt drives SLAVE MINES in the Congo.)

Cobalt has become an essential component ...

Japan to subsidize up to HALF THE COST of mine development and smelting projects for lithium and other minerals

May 08, 2023 -

According to an April 23 report by Nikkei Asia, METI is targeting several elements – namely lithium, manganese, nickel, cobalt, graphite and rare earth metals. The ministry's initiative seeks to obtain essential raw materials used in the production of electric vehicles (EVs). The raw materials targeted by METI are used for lithium-ion batteries and permanent magnets used in high-performance engines.

Through the initiative, Japan plans to diversify its supply network as it ...

Companies are reviving abandoned oil wells in Arkansas to mine lithium

July 24, 2023 -

Just recently, Magnolia Mayor Parnell Vann inspected three of these wells. He noted the squat blue spire of valves, bolts and pressure gauges attached to one of the wells – a telltale sign that someone is trying to revive it.

But companies in the area are no longer looking for oil. They are instead searching for lithium, a metal that is increasingly prized around the world as an essential ingredient in batteries of electric vehicles (EVs).

Exxon, a new player in ...

Climate tyranny a subversion tactic by communist China to get America “hooked on green technology”

December 15, 2023 -

All the hullabaloo we are always hearing about concerning earth-based "fossil" fuels "polluting" the planet with carbon dioxide (CO2) and other "greenhouse gases" is a farce designed to suck America dry economically and shift superpower status over to Big Red (China).

China has already successfully gotten the United States "hooked in green technology," is how one media outlet put it. Analysts are convinced that everything currently taking place in the name of stopping ...