Congress to Address U.S. Rare Earth Shortage
LiveScience.com - Thu Mar 18, 10:34 am ETMembers of Congress introduced a new bill this week that would resurrect the U.S. rare earths supply-chain and create a national stockpile for military and tech industry uses. Rare earth elements have become irreplaceable in clean tech such as hybrid and electric car motors, high-efficiency light bulbs, solar panels and wind turbines. They also play a key role in defense technologies such as ...

