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Exhausted: How We Can Stop Lithium Mining from Depleting Water Resources, Draining Wetlands, and Harming Communities in South America

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To mitigate the worst impacts of climate change, we must transition away from fossil fuels like petroleum and coal and toward clean energy generation and zero-emission transportation options. However, many green technologies, such as electric vehicles and renewable power plants, depend on lithium-ion batteries, which require lithium.

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Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

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In 2013, new geothermal geologic studies or exploration moved forward in places as diverse as American Samoa, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, St. In Nevada, NV Energy is looking to replace coal plants with 300 MW of renewable energy, including geothermal.

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Opinion: Why Lithium Will See Another Price Spike This Fall

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Already price-competitive with diesel fuel for stand-alone renewables and remote locations, home storage applications with devices like Tesla's powerwall, and grid frequency modulation applications are now making major inroads in the grid storage market. Demand Response: A Wild Ride. It aims to be at capacity in September.

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Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

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Thus, in IDES, substitutes for conventional oil include NGLs; enhanced oil recovery (EOR); low-quality hydrocarbons such as bitumen and extra-heavy oil; coal-derived fuels (CTL); natural gas-derived fuels (GTL, CNG, LNG); biofuels; and electricity. Historical scenario. (A)

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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

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Even if electricity is produced from burning coal, the power plant is far away from population centers, transferred over power lines keeping any direct pollution away from the population. And the percentage of clean energy is growing every year as coal and gas plants are being replaced by renewable energy sources.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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Examining the role of shale gas, PwC’s report suggests that at current rates of consumption, replacing 10% of global oil and coal consumption with gas could deliver emissions savings of around 3% a year (1gt CO 2 e per annum). Other G20 (Australia, Korea, EU, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Argentina).