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Berkeley Law’s CLEE report provides policy options for phasing out oil and gas production in California

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Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) released a new report “ Legal Grounds: Law and Policy Options to Facilitate a Phase-Out of Fossil Fuel Production in California.”. —“Legal Grounds”. California is the seventh-largest oil-producing state in the US.

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Trevor Milton taps former Musk and Trump lawyers for Nikola fraud case

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Former Nikola Motor frontman and founder Trevor Milton is calling upon the attorneys who assisted Tesla CEO Elon Musk in his 2018 settlement with the SEC. Milton is currently indicted for three counts of fraud , charges brought upon him within the last few weeks for allegedly falsifying some claims about Nikola’s business and products.

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BMW Group, BASF SE, Samsung SDI and Samsung Electronics launch cross-industry project to support sustainable cobalt mining

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If proven effective, these measures could then be scaled up to other legal artisanal mine sites and enhance systemic challenges in the longer run. Cobalt is a key component in the production of batteries for the automotive and electronics industries.

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Turkey’s Togg selected Dürr for paint shop, complete final assembly solution for EV Technology Campus

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Production is underway at Togg’s new Technology Campus for electric vehicles. 175,000 units smart and connected EVs are to roll off the production line annually at the Gemlik Togg Technology Campus in western Turkey by 2030. Togg goes well beyond the legal requirements with one additional measure to protect the environment.

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Mercedes-Benz to source only battery cells with cobalt & lithium from certified mining sites; significantly reducing cobalt

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Respect and protection of human rights and of the environment, all the way from the mine to the finished product, are decisive in this respect, the company said. Our aspiration is very clear: we want our products to contain only raw materials that have been mined and produced without human rights violations.

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Kenworth T680 fuel cell tractor on display at CES

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A zero-emission Kenworth Class 8 T680 day cab tractor equipped with a Ballard hydrogen fuel cell ( earlier post ) is on display at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). —Stephan Olsen, Kenworth director of product planning. Project oversight is provided by the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE).

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America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto

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These legal ambiguities are the latest impediment – alongside technical challenges and sagging commodity prices – to America’s plans to produce more of its own lithium and wean the country off foreign supplies, according to interviews with regulators from seven U.S.