Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2014

A majority of the impacted stormwater was treated prior to legal disposal into on-site surface impoundments. That lead filter cake is transferred and stored in hazardous waste containers. It is believed to be the only rare earth mine in the United States. The facility suspended operations in 2002 and re-opened in 2012.

Waste 186

Waste EPA California 2002 186

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 10, 2022

That device, now known by a variety of names—including memory stick, USB stick, flash drive, as well as thumb drive—changed the way computer files are stored and transferred. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. It was called the ThumbDrive.

Singapore 142

Singapore 2000 Store IDEA 142

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2013

UNEP produced its first Global Mercury Assessment in 2002 and a subsequent study in 2007. Owing to their larger volumes, intermediate and deep ocean waters below 100 metres actually store much larger tonnages of anthropogenic mercury than surface waters. Use of coal for power generation and industry is increasing, especially in Asia.

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Mercury Emissions 2013 Global 262

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

May, 2007 : An international team of researchers concluded that the ability of the Southern Ocean to absorb carbon dioxide had slowed by about 15% per decade since 1981 ( earlier post ), and projected that at the present rate of deterioration, it will have lost two-thirds of its ability to store carbon by 2050. Earlier post.).

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236