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Workers have linked the U.S. and Canadian sides of the new Gordie Howe International Bridge spanning the Detroit River

Federal wildlife officials have agreed to conduct a year-long review to determine whether a tiny snail found only in high-desert springs near a huge lithium mine being built along the Nevada-Oregon line should be listed as a threatened or endangered sp...

Environmentalists are poised to return to court in an ongoing legal battle with the Biden administration over a Nevada lithium mine

Biden administration over a Nevada lithium mine, environmentalists are poised to return to court with a new approach accusing US wildlife officials of dragging their feet on a year-old petition seeking endangered species status for a tiny snail that lives nearby. The Western Watersheds Project said in its formal notice of intent to sue that the government's failure to list the Kings River pyrg as a threatened or endangered species could push it to the brink of extinction. It says the only place the snail is known to exist is in 13 shallow springs near where Lithium Americas is building its Thacker Pass Mine near the Oregon line. US President Joe Biden has made ramped-up domestic production of lithium a key part of his blueprint for a greener future.

A parcel of 2.18 million shares in ASX-listed funds management business Pacific Current, representing 4.2 per cent of the company, changed hands after market close on Friday evening.

Groundwater containing low levels of radioactive material may have reached the edge of the Mississippi River

Groundwater containing low levels of radioactive material may have reached the edge of the Mississippi River

Australian crypto exchange TrigonX is the latest revival story to come out of the FTX collapse, with the exchange set to relaunch after it collapsed in December with debts exceeding $50 million.

The private layer-2 chain Aztec Network announced on Dec. 15 a $100 million Series B funding round led by venture capital firm a16z crypto. Other investors in the round include A Capital, King River, Variant, SV Angel, Hash Key, Fenbushu, and AVG.