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Koch Strategic Platforms invests $100M in Standard Lithium

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Koch Strategic Platforms (KSP), a subsidiary of Koch Investments Group, is making a US$100-million investment in Canada-based Standard Lithium ( earlier post ) through a direct private placement. The demonstration plant utilizes the company’s proprietary LiSTR technology to selectively extract lithium from Lanxess’s tail brine.

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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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standard is set at 12 microgram per cubic meter of air (µg/m 3 ). µg/m 3 , which is mostly below the current standard, air pollution was associated with an estimated 15,612 deaths in females, and 14,757 deaths in men. was largest around Los Angeles and in some southern states, such as Arkansas, Oklahoma and Alabama. At any PM 2.5

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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 use of alternative fuels; and coordinating standards for fuel quality. The I-40 Collaboration of Clean Cities, a partnership across Arkansas and. use; produce a technical reference manual for utilities and policy makers to. Project activities include: harmonizing. assessment and labeling. Greater Washington. Coalition, Inc.

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

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The Texas legislature, for example, last year approved a law – supported by Standard Lithium and Chevron – that instructed the state’s oilfield regulator to craft regulations for lithium extraction from brines. But Standard can’t touch that lithium until regulations are set.

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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. Panel members, who serve pro bono as volunteers, are chosen by the Academies for each study based on their expertise and experience and must satisfy the Academies’ conflict-of-interest standards. ΔV * and Δσ ? 0 and Δσ ?

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