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BASF co-locates battery materials plant and recycling center in Schwarzheide

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BASF CAM plant in Schwarzheide BASF says that the carbon footprint of its innovative cathode active materials is significantly lower than the industry benchmark due to BASF’s proprietary efficient production technologies, which include minimized energy consumption and a high proportion of renewable energy.

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Utah-based Energy Fuels to enter commercial rare earth business in Q1-2021

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The company is also in discussions with other entities to acquire additional supplies of monazite and is working with the US Department of Energy to evaluate the potential to process other types of REE and uranium bearing ores at the White Mesa Mill produced from coal-based resources. Energy Fuels currently has 1.5

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UNICEF: 300M children worldwide breathing air exceeding WHO pollution guidelines by 6x or more

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The report, “ Clear the Air for Children ”, uses satellite imagery to show that some 2 billion children live in areas where outdoor air pollution, caused by factors such as vehicle emissions, heavy use of fossil fuels, dust and burning of waste, exceeds WHO minimum air quality guidelines. No society can afford to ignore air pollution.

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RAND reports suggest US DoD use less petroleum fuel to deal with high prices, not count on alternatives

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Bartis and RAND colleague Lawrence van Bibbe were the authors of a 2011 RAND report concluding that if the US military increased its use of alternative jet and naval fuels that can be produced from coal or various renewable resources, including seed oils, waste oils and algae, there would be no direct benefit to the nation’s armed forces.

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Chemrec CEO Urges Serious Consideration for DME at Low-Carbon Biofuel for North America

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He noted that DME is more widely produced and accepted in Europe and Asia. DME is synthesized from methanol, whether produced from coal, natural gas or biomass such as harvested forestry wastes. It will produce up to 40 million gallons of BioDME or other renewable motor fuels a year. Earlier post.).

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WHO data: global annual PM10 increased by 6% during recent 3-year period; based on data from 851 cities

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Measurements reported by the following regional networks were used: the Asian Clean Air Initiative for Asia, and Airbase for Europe. East Asia, Wpr: Western Pacific; LMI: Low? In the absence of data from the previous sources, data from: (a) UN agencies; (b) Development agencies; and (c) articles from peer-reviewed journals were used.

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ARB posts six new LCFS pathway applications for comment; new PFAD biodiesel approach

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The plant was originally fueled by coal but was converted to natural gas in 2010. Because the Sabine Process desires free fatty acids, all natural fats or oils are accessible but those fats or oils that are waste in nature are preferred. Sabine’s process also yields a high-BTU, renewable co-product known as pitch.

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