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

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Our agreement with Chemours may be the beginning of a real success story, not only for Energy Fuels, but also for local communities, Native Americans, conservation groups, the State of Utah, and the US as a whole. The monazite sands will be from Chemours’ Offerman Mineral Sand Plant in Georgia. —Mark S.

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Georgia Tech team develops AI to read EV charging station reviews to find infrastructure gaps

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A team from Georgia Tech has developed an AI that can analyze user reviews of electric vehicle charging stations, allowing it accurately to identify places where there are insufficient or out-of-service stations. An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Patterns. population greater than 50,000).

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Tesla boosts its data collection team with hiring ramp for Prototype Vehicle Operators

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In the job’s description, Tesla notes that Prototype Vehicle Operators will be part of its vehicle data collection team.

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USDA providing $700M to provide economic relief to more than 100 biofuel producers and 195 facilities

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The USDA funding will support biofuel producers in California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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Tesla Cybertruck configurator opens for some who didn’t receive invites

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One Facebook user in Utah confirmed the ability with a photograph of the finalized order, saying that he hadn’t received an email but also owns a Model 3, Model Y, and a Model X, leaving some wondering if past ownership has an impact on who it’s available to.

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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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Gulf Coast Basin (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas): The University of Texas at Austin plans to quantify coal from mines and coal ash from power plant resources and refuse as feedstocks for rare earth elements and critical minerals within the US Gulf Coast Basin. DOE Funding: $1,499,999. DOE Funding: $1,499,817.

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From Coast to Coast: Uncovering the Most Loved Cars in Each State

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Alabama: Ford F-150 Alaska: Subaru Outback Arizona: Toyota Tacoma Arkansas: GMC Sierra 1500 California: Honda Civic Colorado: Subaru Forester Connecticut: Toyota RAV4 Delaware: Ford Explorer Florida: Toyota Corolla Georgia: Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Hawaii: Toyota Tacoma Idaho: Ford F-150 Illinois: Honda Civic Indiana: Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Iowa: (..)

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