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DOE selects 2 projects to demonstrate feasibility of enhanced water recovery; producing usable water from CO2 storage sites

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two projects that will test emerging enhanced water recovery (EWR) technologies for their potential to produce useable water from CO 2 storage sites. Once treated, the clean water could be re-used for beneficial purposes, including supplemental cooling water at a power station.

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China’s economic stimulus to spark robust copper consumption in 2024 – ET Auto

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The report also highlights that global copper supply may face disruptions due to issues in major producing countries like Chile , Peru, and Panama. In Chile, operational challenges and water supply issues are impacting mine production, while community actions in Peru are expected to affect mining investments and output negatively.

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The Maya Train Will Get You to All of Yucatán’s Best Spots. But Not Yet.

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The Maya Train, scientists warn , will push those problems south, threatening the area’s water supply, its unique system of underground limestone caves and its vast nature reserves. Last year 10 million international tourists flew into its airport, more than the airports of Mexico City, Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta combined.

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U.S. Warns Spring Breakers Headed to Mexico, Jamaica or the Bahamas

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Those are some of the travel rules that Ginger Moore, a retired logistics analyst from Panama City, Fla., Nonetheless, she has taken new precautions for her upcoming trip, like packing additional health supplies and purchasing a security bar for the sliding balcony door of her hotel room. Don’t wander off the resort after dark.

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State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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The earlier 2011 Final EIS was developed contemporaneously with the start of strong growth in domestic light crude oil supply from tight oil formations, such as those formations found in North Dakota’s Bakken region. Market analysis: cross-border pipeline constraints have a limited impact on crude flows and prices. million bpd in 2010 to 6.5

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