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EPA SmartWay honors 44 freight carriers for exceptional supply chain efficiency

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The US Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay Excellence Awards have recognized 43 truck carriers and one barge carrier as industry leaders in supply chain environmental and energy efficiency. EPA announced the awardees at the 2016 American Trucking Association’s Annual Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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SK invests in Fulcrum BioEnergy to accelerate production of low-carbon fuel from waste

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Fulcrum completed the construction of the first commercial-scale MSW-based biofuels refinery in Nevada in July 2021. Starting in 2022, Fulcrum’s Nevada plant is set to begin producing approximately 11 million gallons of syncrude annually, which will then be upgraded to transportation fuels such as sustainable aviation fuel.

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Aqua Metals opens first AquaRefining center for low-pollution lead-acid battery recycling

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recently held an open house at its first AquaRefinery at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (TRIC) in McCarran, Nevada. Lead smelting—ranked as the third highest polluting industry in the world—can release toxic lead dust, smoke and slag with significant deleterious environmental and health consequences. Aqua Metals , Inc.

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PNNL, Moselle to advance using magnetic nanoparticles to capture lithium, cesium from brines

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Currently, the global supply chain for these elements relies heavily on dated extraction processes that are energy-intensive, consume a lot of water, and create toxic waste. The clean, non-polluting technology could also be used for recovery of other critical materials. The work has been approved and will get underway in Spring 2021.

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Johnson Controls partners with and invests in Aqua Metals for lead-acid battery recycling technology

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Supply Aqua Metals with batteries to recycle as a service, as part of the Johnson Controls closed-loop network. Aqua Metals, which recently opened its first plant in McCarran, Nevada, uses an advanced electrochemical process for recycling batteries. Purchase AquaRefined metals produced from Aqua Metals’ facilities.

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Blue Ribbon Commission on Lithium Extraction in California submits final report to state legislature; findings and recommendations

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Mining is environmentally harmful—it scars landscapes, adversely affects ecosystems and habitat, is water- and energy-intensive, and can pollute air and water resources. The two prevalent commercial methods for extracting lithium are hard rock mining and evaporation ponds.

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Tesla plans to manufacture 5 electric trucks per week

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Tesla is planning to build a new Tesla Semi truck production line at a new building near its Gigafactory Nevada plant. Tesla is manufacturing its vehicles in the industrial park where its Nevada Gigafactory is located. It plans to produce 5 electric trucks per week. Let us now look at Tesla electric trucks in detail. .