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Koch Strategic Platforms invests $100M in Standard Lithium

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Standard Lithium’s flagship project is located in southern Arkansas, where it is engaged in the testing and proving of the commercial viability of lithium extraction from more than 150,000 acres of permitted brine operations. Allow for strategic project expansion.

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

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REGULATORY RISKS In Oklahoma, which has several brine deposits, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission – which oversees oil and gas development – said it has no jurisdiction over lithium production and royalties, and referred comment to the state’s Department of Mines, which said it also does not oversee lithium.

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ICL, CMU study associates PM2.5 air pollution in US with >30,000 deaths and reduced life expectancy

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The deaths were from cardiorespiratory conditions, which refers to heart and lung disorders (such as heart attack and various lung diseases including asthma). was largest around Los Angeles and in some southern states, such as Arkansas, Oklahoma and Alabama. These deaths would lower national life expectancy by 0.15 years for men.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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The I-40 Collaboration of Clean Cities, a partnership across Arkansas and. use; produce a technical reference manual for utilities and policy makers to. Program and State Implementation Plan; and creating a program with the. region’s community colleges to train fleet managers and mechanics, first. INCOG Tulsa Area. Clean Cities.

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NRC report concludes hydraulic fracturing poses low risk for causing earthquakes, but risks are higher for wastewater injection wells; CCS impact undetermined

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Δσ refers only to the radial stress in the exterior region. If the material in the surrounding medium is much softer than the material in the sphere, then ΔV ? ΔV * and Δσ ? 0; if the medium is much stiffer, then ΔV ? 0 and Δσ ? Δσ *.

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