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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: $1,499,999.

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Minerals used in electric cars: How much does the US import and from where?

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China, Mexico, Canada, India. Chile, Canada, Mexico. Gabon, South Africa, Australia, Georgia. Canada, Mexico, Peru, Spain. Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. Natural graphite. Rare earths.

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$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

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The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GRI) Research Board announced that eight Research Consortia will be funded for the next three years with a total of $112.5 million to study the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Lead Institution: Texas A&M University at College Station. Buskey, Ph.D.

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UT Austin to lead $58M study of methane hydrate in Gulf of Mexico; $41M from DOE

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A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze methane hydrate deposits under the Gulf of Mexico. Estimates vary on the amount of energy that could be produced from methane hydrate worldwide, but the potential is huge.

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Wyoming leads in vehicle miles traveled per person

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The states that follow Wyoming with the highest levels of VMT per person are Alabama, Mississippi, New Mexico, and North Dakota. Only one of the 10 states with the highest total VMT (Georgia) is also among the 10 states with the highest VMT per person. Their population-density rankings are 28, 33, 46, and 48, respectively.

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DOE to fund 14 research projects on deepwater and Arctic methane hydrates; potential future energy supply

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University of California at San Diego. Researchers at the University of California at San Diego will design, build, and test an electromagnetic (EM) system designed for very shallow water use and will apply the system to determine the extent of offshore permafrost on the US Beaufort inner shelf. University of Mississippi.

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Video Friday: Robot Arms for the ISS

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IEEE CASE 2022 : 20–24 August 2022, MEXICO CITY CLAWAR 2022 : 12–14 September 2022, AZORES, PORTUGAL ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals : 4–5 November 2022, LOS ANGELES CoRL 2022 : 14–18 December 2022, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Enjoy today’s videos! We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months.

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