Study: Want Lower Gas Prices? Ship More Oil Abroad

Deep-Sea Mining? Exploring Key Trade-Offs for the Energy Transition

This paper assesses the economic, environmental, social, and governance trade-offs between deep-sea mining and terrestrial mining.

Introducing the 2026–2027 Class of Critical Minerals Research Scholars

The Critical Minerals Research Lab is excited to welcome its 2026–2027 cohort of research scholars: sixteen PhD students, based at fifteen universities across eight countries, working on some of the most pressing critical minerals challenges.

Public Engagement Is How Projects Get Built

Research from Resources for the Future and other organizations shows that community engagement is a vital part of a mining project’s success.

From Coal to Clean: The Future of Energy in Utah, with Sara Baldwin-Griffin

Sara Baldwin-Griffin discusses the recent growth of Utah’s renewable energy supply, which coincides with population booms, changes to the federal policy landscape, and data center build-out.