From Arctic Stone to Aluminum Skies: Cryolite, Philadelphia, and the Geometry of Industrial Power

The recent fixation on Greenland’s mineral wealth presents itself as novel: a 21st century convergence of rare earths, Arctic security, climate anxiety, and geopolitical rivalry. Yet, this attention revisits an older extractive arrangement. Long before critical minerals entered strategic stockpiles and policy architectures, Greenland was already bound into American industrial power through a single, improbable […]

U.S. appeals court approves Mosaic’s test of radioactive waste as road paving material

The Center for Biological Diversity’s challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of radioactive road material in Polk County proved unsuccessful before a federal appellate court. The case involved Mosaic Fertilizer’s use of phosphogypsum, a radioactive byproduct of fertilizer production, in experimental road construction on the company’s private land. Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the […]

Drummond files for preliminary injunction to block aluminum smelter

Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a motion for preliminary injunction to block construction of the proposed heavy-industrial aluminum smelting complex in Inola. The motion, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, comes ahead of the Aug. 28 expiration of the Town of Inola’s moratorium on new construction at the […]

‘A reason for optimism’: How fighting for community water fluoridation draws support at every level of organized dentistry

Sara Stuefen, D.D.S., a dentist practicing in Iowa and the 10th District trustee of the ADA, detailed how the dental community has come together to advocate for the safety and efficacy of community water fluoridation. In an opinion piece from the Journal of the Michigan Dental Association, Dr. Stuefen explained that once she became aware […]