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U Alberta study shows for the first time that sunlight causes chemical reactions in road dust; singlet oxygen

Green Car Congress

Researchers at the University of Alberta (Canada) have shown for the first time that road dust is photochemically active; i.e., sunlight causes chemical reactions in the dust. One group of chemicals that could react with singlet oxygen are a set of toxic components of combustion emissions, known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

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U Florida team using fungi to extract cobalt and lithium from waste batteries

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A team of researchers University of South Florida is using naturally occurring fungi to drive an environmentally friendly recycling process to extract cobalt and lithium from tons of waste batteries. are using three strains of fungi: Aspergillus niger , Penicillium simplicissimum and Penicillium chrysogenum.

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Debunking the "Electric Cars are evil due to Cobalt" argument!

Plug In India

According to Oil Change International (OCI), the two most widely known cases by the oil industry are when they committed genocide in the Niger Delta just to get the people off the land, so that they can extract the petroleum. We don't see these so-called auto journalists talk about the atrocities committed by the OIL industry.