U.S. Coal Ash Landfills Hold Enough Rare Earths to Boost Reserves Eightfold

Since the days of President Jimmy Carter and the 1970s oil crisis, the United States has relentlessly pursued the utopia of energy independence. One of Trump's many "Unleashing American Energy" directives requires the Secretary of the Interior to instruct the director of the USGS to "consider updating the survey's list of critical minerals, including for the potential of including uranium." Unfortunately, the U.S. remains heavily reliant on China’s rare earths, with the Middle Kingdom supplying nearly three-quarters of its needs.  China…