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BMW Group to source lithium from Livent

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Now, the company is broadening its supplier base and additionally sourcing lithium from Argentina, where the raw material is obtained from brine from salt lakes. The company will also contribute important data to the study of sustainable lithium mining initiated by the BMW Group.

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Queen’s University Belfast researchers synthesize “porous liquid”; applications in more efficient chemical processes

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, have synthesized a porous liquid with the potential for application in a wide range of new, more efficient and greener chemical processes including carbon capture. These remarkable properties suggest interesting applications in the long term.

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Study outlines supply chain challenges for lithium

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

A doctoral student in engineering management at Missouri University of Science and Technology, Ona Egbue, is studying potential disruptions to the long-term supply chain for lithium. The majority of known lithium reserves are located in China, Chile, Argentina and Australia. —Ona Egbue.

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Conservation group opposing Thacker Pass lithium mine seeks endangered status for Kings River pyrg (snail)

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Lithium Americas is focused on advancing the Cauchari-Olaroz and Pastos Grandes projects in Argentina and the Thacker Pass project in Nevada. A feasibility study (FS) for Phase 1 of 40,000 tpa Li 2 CO 3 and Phase 2 total capacity of 80,000 tpa Li 2 CO 3 is expected this year. Earlier post.). Thacker Pass. Background.

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Street network patterns reveal global trend towards increasing urban sprawl

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2020

New research from McGill University and the University of California, Santa Cruz has found that the local streets of the world’s cities are becoming less connected, a global trend that is driving urban sprawl and discouraging the use of public transportation. —Barrington-Leigh and Millard-Ball. Resources.

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Researchers find magnetite nanoparticles similar to those from traffic pollution in brain; possible link with Alzheimer’s

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

India study. Separately, a team from Argentina and India had reported earlier this year on the magnetic properties of air-suspended particles in 38 cities from south India. Ferrimagnetic minerals (magnetite) dominated the overall magnetic signal; these seemed to be the main magnetic carriers in these dust samples.

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Volkswagen launches new engineer training program for ID EV family

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2018

Plants in China, Brazil, Argentina, the US and Mexico are also participating in the program, which is supported by Volkswagen’s volunteering initiative and local universities. Participants entering the program in fields such as vehicle informatics or data logistics will normally have completed a practically oriented course of studies.

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Global biofuels production up 17% in 2010 to hit all-time high of 105 billion liters

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AUGUST 31, 2011

High oil prices, a global economic rebound, and new laws and mandates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States, among other countries, are all factors behind the surge in production, according to research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute’s Climate and Energy Program for the website Vital Signs Online.

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Survey Shows Overwhelming Interest in a Four-Day Workweek

Cars That Think

APRIL 6, 2023

A work/life balance Amanda Barbosa is a robotics engineering student at Federal University of ABC, in Brazil. Barbosa is a robotics engineering student at Federal University of ABC , in Brazil, who is working full time in Santos for Leroy Merlin , a household goods company. A bill was reintroduced in the U.S.

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Dark Matter Data Saved Via Parachute

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

What saved the day was two data recovery systems (whose specs the researchers recently published ) that earlier in the day had already parachuted down to the Patagonia region of Argentina, rescuing more than 200 gigabytes of SuperBIT observations. It’s a bit like studying the wind,” Massey explains.

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

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2009

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. Malaysia: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Interim Member). Australia: Australia Institute of Energy - Hydrogen Division.

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

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2013

In contrast to arguments that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity, a team from Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz has examined the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved efficiency and oil substitution.

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InterAcademy Council to Conduct Independent Review of the UN IPCC’s Processes and Procedures at Request of United Nations and IPCC

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MARCH 10, 2010

Dr. Field is also founding director of the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology, professor of biological sciences at Stanford University and faculty director of Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. The IAC will conduct its work independently according to its procedures for carrying out expert studies.

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

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2015

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

Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

Social Media Lithium FUD When it comes to Lithium Mining, The FUD - Fear Uncertainty and Doubt propagated by Random Youtubers, WhatsApp university and Oil funded media is so easy to debunk, it’s not even funny. We at PluginIndia will clear all these misconceptions with facts and logic. 4] An electric car emits about 3,000 pounds or 1.36

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Nanjing team develops solar-powered electrolysis process for extraction of lithium from seawater

Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2018

Researchers from Nanjing University have developed a new method for the extraction of lithium metal from seawater using solar-powered electrolysis with a NASICON solid-state electrolyte as the selective membrane. During electrolysis in the study, the cell was charged under constant current by a solar panel. —Yang et al.

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Study Concludes That Land Set-Asides Can Be Better Climate Investment Than Corn Ethanol

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2009

A new study concludes that, depending on prior land use, carbon (C) releases from the soil after planting corn for ethanol may in some cases completely offset C gains attributed to biofuel generation for at least 50 years. Gervasio Piñero et al. Set-asides can be better climate investment than corn ethanol.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2018

Although there is widespread interest in autonomous vehicles (AVs), the US—one of the largest auto markets in the world—expresses higher levels of resistance than most nations, according to a new study by Ipsos, a leading global market research firm. —Clifford Young, President, US, Ipsos Public Affairs.

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BMW Group to source lithium from Livent

Queen’s University Belfast researchers synthesize “porous liquid”; applications in more efficient chemical processes

Study outlines supply chain challenges for lithium

Conservation group opposing Thacker Pass lithium mine seeks endangered status for Kings River pyrg (snail)

Street network patterns reveal global trend towards increasing urban sprawl

Researchers find magnetite nanoparticles similar to those from traffic pollution in brain; possible link with Alzheimer’s

Volkswagen launches new engineer training program for ID EV family

Global biofuels production up 17% in 2010 to hit all-time high of 105 billion liters

Survey Shows Overwhelming Interest in a Four-Day Workweek

Dark Matter Data Saved Via Parachute

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

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

InterAcademy Council to Conduct Independent Review of the UN IPCC’s Processes and Procedures at Request of United Nations and IPCC

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

Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Nanjing team develops solar-powered electrolysis process for extraction of lithium from seawater

Study Concludes That Land Set-Asides Can Be Better Climate Investment Than Corn Ethanol

Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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