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Yale team estimates global rare earth metal flows

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Global production of rare earth oxides. In a paper published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , they show that the combined flows into use constituted about 90 Gg (90,000 tonnes) in 2007; the highest for individual metals were ~28 Gg Ce and ~22 Gg La, the lowest were ~0.16 26 Gg Ce is stored in glass additives.

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Study: Energy sorghum may combine best of annual, perennial bioenergy crops

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The open-access study, published in Global Change Biology Bioenergy , offers a first look at how energy sorghum compares to maize and miscanthus grown in the Midwest, providing data for biogeochemical and ecological models used to forecast crop growth, productivity, and sustainability. Energy sorghum falls somewhere in between. Moore, C.E.,

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A Bitcoin Wallet for the Masses

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Our goal is economic empowerment, starting with bringing easy-to-use, reliable self-custody to a global audience.”. Storing private keys offline, in a hardware wallet, significantly increases security but raises complexity for the user. Square is considering making a hardware wallet for bitcoin. Same thing with hardware wallets.”.

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ULEMCo delivers first hydrogen-diesel dual-fuel refuse trucks to Fife Council in Scotland

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A diesel pilot injection initiates combustion of the hydrogen, which is stored onboard at 350 bar. Levenmouth Community Energy Project aims to position Fife as a global leader in clean energy. The dual-fuel engines are equipped with hydrogen injection and a separate ECU control system. million (US$6.2

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GM enters commercial agreement with and invests in Powermat, a personal device inductive charging company

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GM Ventures, the company’s venture capital subsidiary headed by Jon Lauckner, who helped create the Volt concept, will invest $5 million in Powermat to accelerate the technology’s development and support efforts to grow Powermat’s business globally. We first developed the Volt concept car in 2006.

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New Study Concludes Substantial Quantities of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land-Use Change in the Boreal Forests for Oil Sands Production Are Unreported

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A new study released by Global Forest Watch Canada finds that significant amounts of greenhouse gases are emitted through the disturbance and/or removal of biocarbon (trees, shrubs, peats), which overlay Alberta’s oil sands. These areas store 579 megatonnes (million tones) of biological carbon, mostly in peatlands. megatonnes.

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Neste-led project verified 50% methane emission reduction at palm oil mills using belt filter press

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The belt press cake, dry leftover matter, is rich in nutrients and can be used at oil palm plantations as organic soil enhancer, decreasing need for store-purchased fossil fertilizers. Besides offering global climate benefits and several local benefits, applying the method and verifying the emission reduction are also very cost-effective.

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