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ADEME / IFPEN study examines non-geological risks in the security of lithium supplies based on electrification of global car fleet

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ADEME, France’s Environment and Energy Management Agency, carried out a study with IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) on the dynamics of lithium supply and demand, based on different scenarios for the electrification of the global car fleet by 2050. Source: USGS, 2017).

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Survey Shows Overwhelming Interest in a Four-Day Workweek

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A shorter workweek, she says, would encourage more girls and women to join the engineering industry. Increasing productivity with a shorter workweek Dante Medina is an electrical and electronics engineering specialist at Mercedes-Benz Argentina. Creating a more flexible work environment Life Senior Member Walter D.

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16 National Hydrogen Associations Submit Statement to UNFCC Highlighting Hydrogens Potential Contribution to Curbing GHG Emissions

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The statement highlights benefits to the environment and other areas including the elimination of 80% of the emissions from light duty vehicles, according to studies by Japan, the European Union and United States. —Terry Kimmel, Chairman of the Partnership for Advancing the Transition to Hydrogen ( PATH ).

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Evidence from glacier ice: Until it was banned, leaded gasoline dominated the anthropogenic lead emissions in South America

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Leaded gasoline was a larger emission source of the toxic heavy metal lead than mining in South America, even though the extraction of metals from the region’s mines historically released huge quantities of lead into the environment, according to a study by researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the University of Bern.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

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Mining any mineral from earth has an impact on the environment. The interesting thing is before electric cars were popular, no one in the auto industry or mainstream media even questioned where petrol or the metals used in engines are coming from. The Lithium extraction industry is open to more sustainable raw-material extraction.

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DNV GL paper suggests near-term success for LNG in shipping; alternative fuel mix to diversify over time

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DNV and GL merged in September 2013 to form DNV GL—the world’s largest ship and offshore classification society, the leading technical advisor to the global oil and gas industry, and a leading expert for the energy value chain including renewables and energy efficiency. —“Alternative Fuels for Shipping”.

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Opinion: Busting The “Canadian Bakken” Myth

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NEB and GNWT study finds 200 billion barrels of oil in the Sahtu,” gushed CBC News , referring to a region of the sprawling territory that cuts across three provinces and touches the Arctic Ocean. China, and Argentina, combined. “Northwest Territories sitting on massive shale oil reserves on par with booming Bakken field in U.S.,”

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