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Construction begins on DOE-sponsored carbon-capture project at Kentucky Power Plant

Green Car Congress

The program supports national efforts to mitigate climate change by capturing CO 2 at large point sources, such as power plants, and permanently storing the greenhouse gases to prevent its release into the atmosphere.

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Tesla supplier Piedmont Lithium gets key North Carolina mining permit – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The approval from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality , which was announced by the company on Monday and is conditional on the posting of a USD 1 million reclamation bond, removes one major hurdle to Piedmont’s plans to tap a large lithium deposit just outside Charlotte. to close at USD 14.68

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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“ One Agreement, Two Steps ” Expectations for Copenhagen quickly became complicated after Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen boarded an overnight flight to Singapore to address an impromptu breakfast forum on climate change at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit on 15 November. by Jack Rosebro.

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Breakthrough on salt-tolerant wheat

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This work is significant as salinity already affects over 20% of the world's agricultural soils, and salinity poses an increasing threat to food production due to climate change. Richard James and University of Adelaide student Bo Xu. Dr. Rana Munns.

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Charlie represents EV Driver in India

EV Driver

These green energy pieces are another key decision or strategy in my mind as EVs are like a key to the bigger picture of fighting climate change and therefore, knitting all the pieces together will become our most important goal as a global nation. Interview by Charlotte Dautzenberg

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Riding the tide

Electric Auto Association

Charlotte chapter meets new challenges from the increase in EV demand. Since the recent rise in interest in electric vehicles (EVs), Charlotte Electric Vehicle Association (CEVA) President Jess Montgomery has become the go-to EV expert in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. CEVA President Jess Montgomery.

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‘The Plane Is Fine’: An Airline Course Looks to Overcome Fear in the Skies

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But fear of flying hardly seems irrational, what with reports of aircraft malfunctions, overworked air traffic controllers and the sense that climate change is making turbulence worse. Flying is objectively low-risk, and 2023 was the safest year for jet travel ever, according to the International Air Transport Association.

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