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Companies join a deep-sea mining rush after Trump executive order, as regulators fast-track permits
Ian Lange, professor of economics and business and Viola Vestal Coulter Chair of Mineral Economics, questioned whether deep sea mining is the most cost effective way to obtain critical minerals and rare earth elements.
May 21, 2026
The Pentagon wants to operate a nuclear microreactor in Colorado. Here’s what that might look like.
Thomas Albrecht, University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, says that rather than removing waste from the microreactor onsite, at some point the reactor will be removed and replaced with a new unit so that waste can be processed offsite.
May 21, 2026
Proposed bill would stop eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines in Illinois
Anna Littlefield, program manager for Geothermal and Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) for the Payne Institute, said Illinois is a hot spot for CCUS because of the proximity of numerous ethanol plants.
May 19, 2026