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Water-Based Method Recovers 65% Of EV Battery Metals In One Minute At Room Temperature Authored by Neetika Walter via Interesting Engineering, Researchers at Rice University have developed a water-based method that recovers valuable metals from spent lithium-ion batteries in minutes, offering a faster and lower-energy alternative to conventional recycling systems. The new process targets key battery materials including lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese, which are in growing demand as electric vehicle and electronics production expands worldwide. Battery recycling is becoming increasingly important as mineral supply chains tighten and nations seek to reduce dependence...

House Panel Orders Southern Poverty Law Center To Turn Over Communications With Biden DOJ Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on April 23 gave the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) until April 30 to hand over documents regarding its relationship with the Biden–Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI, as part of a federal prosecution of the civil rights group. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) during a hearing on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times In a letter to...

Rate-Hike Odds Spike As Fuel Costs Push US Producer Prices Higher In a relatively unusual turn around, US producer prices hit today ahead of tomorrow's CPI. Interestingly Consumer prices get all the headlines, it is PPI that offers the most read-throughs for Core PCE - The (old) Fed's favorite inflation gauge). Headline producer pries were expected to rebound significantly from July's flatline as oil prices rebounded on re-escalations in the MidEast, and they printed right in line, up 04.% MoM in August (with July's revised up to +0.1% MoM. That lifted...