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BMW Group commissions study on sustainable lithium extraction

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The BMW Group has commissioned two US universities to conduct a scientific analysis of water consumption in the lithium extraction process. The aim of the University of Alaska-Anchorage and University of Massachusetts-Amherst study will be to investigate the impacts of lithium extraction on the hydrologic environment in Latin America.

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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Now in its twentieth year, the biennial report is produced by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. India and Bangladesh come in near the bottom of the rankings, with Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nepal rounding out the bottom five.

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DOE to award $30M for research to secure domestic supply chain of critical elements and minerals

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At present, the US relies on imports from nations such as China and the Democratic Republic of Congo for these critical materials. National laboratories, universities, industry, and nonprofit organizations may apply for the three-year awards, to be selected based on peer review. Separation Science.

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