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RPI team develops method to use paper-making by-product in lithium-sulfur batteries

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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have now developed a method to use this cheap and abundant waste byproduct to build a components for lithium-sulfur batteries. Initial funding for the research came from the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I). Lu Li, Liping Huang, Robert J.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. INTRODUCTION. The program then reduces the cap by 2.5

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Tariffs on China aren’t the way to win the EV arms race – getting serious on EVs is

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Further, as one of the most polluting sectors globally and the most polluting in rich countries , it is necessary that transportation clean up its act, and fast, in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change. The sooner this happens, the easier it will be for all of us.

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