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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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San Juan River-Raton-Black Mesa Basin (Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico): New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology plans to determine the rare earth elements and critical minerals resource potential in coal and related stratigraphic units in the San Juan and Raton basins in New Mexico. DOE Funding: $1,499,997. DOE Funding: $1,499,987.

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CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

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Electric vehicles charged in coal-heavy regions can create more human health and environmental damages from life cycle air emissions than gasoline vehicles, according to a new consequential life cycle analysis by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Dominion Energy sets new goal of net zero emissions by 2050 for both power generation, natural gas operations

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JUST Capital, a nonprofit that promotes corporate responsibility, has also ranked Dominion among to US corporate citizens. The company is leading the way in the development of the largest electric school bus program in the nation and plans to accelerate that effort in the coming years. Industrial. Agriculture.

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How EVs Charge Your Sustainability Strategy

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Here’s how electric vehicles and EV charging can charge up your organization’s sustainability strategy this year. What is a sustainability strategy? In addition, installing EV charging at your business can encourage employees and guests to buy electric vehicles.

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Australia Goes All-in on Green Hydrogen

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They’ve been studying up on renewable energy, hydrogen power, and electric vehicles, preparing for the big day in April when their remote-controlled vehicles will rumble for 4 hours in Gladstone, a port city in Queensland. And while coal plants still supplied over half of Australia’s power in 2021, change is afoot.

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What is Renewable energy integration, challenges, why it is needed

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This involves the seamless blending of renewable energy, such as solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal power, into the overall energy infrastructure to meet the growing demand for clean and sustainable energy. The landscape is diverse, encompassing established energy companies, technology startups, and multinational corporations.

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MIT study finds shift to green energy sources could mean crunch in supply of key rare earth elements

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In particular, they estimated resource requirements for electric vehicles and windturbines (revolutionary demand areas for REEs) from performance specifications and vehicle sales or turbine deployment projections. Comparison of demand projections for REE (total summed). Credit: ACS, Alonso et al. Click to enlarge.

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