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WVU opens new research facility to extract valuable rare earth elements from acid mine drainage

Green Car Congress

West Virginia University (WVU) researchers are opening a new facility to capture rare earth elements (REEs) from acid mine drainage (AMD) from coal mining. Paul Ziemkiewicz, director of the West Virginia Water Research Institute and principal investigator on the project, is an expert in acid mine drainage.

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Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

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Earlier, an existing coalbed methane well operated by El Paso Exploration & Production had been converted for CO 2 injection, and four wells drilled to monitor reservoir pressure, gas composition, water quality, and the CO 2 plume. The final phase, the development phase (2007–2018), will conduct large-volume carbon storage tests.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

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He worked for SolarCity and Tesla between 2015 and 2018 and now for Solar Smart Living (since 2018). He has also been the Secretary for the West Virginia EAA since 2017. He works in the sustainable energy technologies industry and he is an advocate for change. Alan has 30+ years in business development and marketing.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

He worked for SolarCity and Tesla between 2015 and 2018 and now for Solar Smart Living (since 2018). He has also been the Secretary for the West Virginia EAA since 2017. He works in the sustainable energy technologies industry and he is an advocate for change. Alan has 30+ years in business development and marketing.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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Our 2020 study , published in Nature Climate Change , found that manufacturing a typical EV sold in the United States in 2018 emitted about 7 to 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide, compared with about 5 to 6 tonnes for a gasoline-fueled vehicle. An EV operated in Shandong or West Virginia emits about 6 percent.