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SK On signs MOU with Global Lithium Resources to bolster key battery materials supply chain

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South Korea-based SK On (SKO), a global EV battery manufacturer, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Australia’s Global Lithium Resources to explore future business opportunities together in regard to stable supply of lithium.

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Study finds global emissions of several banned ozone-destroying CFCs are increasing

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Combined, their emissions are equal to the CO 2 emissions in 2020 for a smaller developed country like Switzerland. —Dr Western Resources Western, L.M., But because they’re potent greenhouse gases, they still affect the climate. That’s equivalent to about one percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.

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Blackstone announces progress with printed battery cells

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Switzerland-based Blackstone Resources AG announced that it has achieved a series of important milestones for producing any kind of printed battery cells. Blackstone Resources is a Swiss Holding Company, with its legal domicile in Baar, Kanton Zug and is concentrating on the battery metals market as primary metals.

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ETH Zurich catalyst can convert polypropylene directly into motor oil with high selectivity

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Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland, have developed a carbon-supported platinum nanoparticle catalyst that can achieve complete hydrocracking of polypropylene into liquid hydrocarbons (C 5 –C 45 ). With tuning, the catalyst can achieve a selectivity of 80% toward motor oil (C 21 –C 45 ).

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Study finds limited evidence that carbon tax rebates have increased public support for carbon pricing

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In a study published in Nature Climate Change , an international research team reports finding limited evidence that individual or household rebates have increased public support for carbon taxes in Canada and Switzerland. Mildenberger, M., Lachapelle, E., Harrison, K. 12, 141–147 doi: 10.1038/s41558-021-01268-3.

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California Air Resources Board releases draft regulations for cap-and-trade program linkage with Québec

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The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released proposed regulations to link its cap-and-trade program to Québec’s to form a joint carbon market to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Air Resources Board will consider the proposed regulations at its regular meeting on 28 June 2012. Earlier post.).

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Swiss study finds that studies on air pollution that ignore impact of noise overestimate effects of pollution on heart attacks

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The study looked at the combined effects of air pollution and transportation noise for heart attack mortality, by considering all deaths that occurred in Switzerland between 2000 and 2008. The study included all deaths (19,261) reported across Switzerland from the period 2000 to 2008.

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