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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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First, an electric potential will be applied to water to simultaneously produce acidity and alkalinity. Idaho National Laboratory. Idaho National Laboratory. The technologies use electricity to extract valuable metal ions from the surrounding mineral matrix at sub-boiling temperatures.

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NOAA and EPA Study Finds Highway Barriers May Reduce Pollutants as Well as Block Sound and Sight of Traffic

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Highway barriers erected along roadways to block the sound and sight of traffic for the adjoining neighborhoods may also be reducing the amount of pollutants, such as soot from diesel exhaust, reaching area residents, according to a study by NOAA and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

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Franklin Soil & Water Conservation District is replacing three school buses and four agriculture engines and converting three irrigation pumps to clean burning electric. Beyond Toxics is replacing one truck and installing advanced exhaust controls on seven trucks. Florida and South Carolina. Puerto Rico. Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. Furthermore, even the older version PHEV can recharge at a slow rate using local solar, wind, water-derived or other net zero CO 2 fuel. The impetus for this change came from a study by the US Idaho National Lab [ 2 ].

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