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MAY 1, 2023

Coal trains and terminal operations add a significant amount of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) pollution to urban areas—more so than other freight or passenger trains— according to a study conducted in Richmond, California, by the University of California, Davis. Resources Cite this article Ostro, B., µg/m 3 (95% CI = 6.2,

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MAY 22, 2023

Crandall, the study’s senior author, and his colleagues studied a cellular defense process known as autophagy, which cells use to destroy damaged or abnormal internal materials. The implication of these studies is that autophagy is a defense mechanism that has an upper limit, beyond which it can’t defend the cell any further.

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MARCH 1, 2023

American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) ( earlier post ) announced results of its third-party Qualified Person (QP)-audited Inferred Resource Report that details the analysis of its lithium deposit at its Tonopah Flats Lithium Project in Nevada. The inferred resources report concludes that Tonopah Flats may hold an estimated 15.8

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APRIL 9, 2021

Piedmont Lithium Limited released an updated Global Mineral Resource estimate (MRE) for its flagship Piedmont Lithium Project in North Carolina. The Mineral Resource estimate is reported in accordance with JORC Code. Increasing the scale of our North Carolina mineral resource to 39.2 The total MRE for the project is 39.2

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

The study, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society , lays out a roadmap for successfully navigating this challenging reaction and provides a picture of the full reaction sequence using theoretical modeling and experimental characterization. They also discovered why this three-part interface is successful.

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APRIL 10, 2023

—Lead author Dr Luke Western, a Research Fellow at the University of Bristol and researcher at the NOAA’s Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML) The international study was conducted by a team of scientists from the UK, US, Switzerland, Australia, and Germany. —Dr Western Resources Western, L.M., Vollmer, M.K., Krummel, P.B.

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JULY 14, 2021

An open-access paper on the study is published in the journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling. Production of Li 2 CO 3 from brine-based resources had less life cycle GHG emissions and freshwater consumption per tonne of Li 2 CO 3 than Li 2 CO 3 from ore-based resources. 2021.105762.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

However, questions remain about the size of the resource, the potential rate of decline, the potential for regeneration, and sustainability of production. The Salton Sea geothermal system is the primary potential geothermal resource for lithium in the United States, and it’s a world-class resource. With nearly $1.2

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MAY 24, 2021

In a new study, scientists at Argonne National Laboratory highlighted which rare earth elements may be particularly vulnerable to disruptions such as mine shutdowns. —Allison Bennett Irion, study co-author and chair of Argonne’s Advanced Supply Chain Analytics initiative. Riddle et al. 2020.105193.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

A new modeling study led by researchers from George Washington Universit (GWU) finds that 86% of people living in cities worldwide (~2.5 A second study, also led by the GWU researchers, finds that nearly 2 million cases of asthma in children are linked to traffic-related nitrogen dioxide air pollution, with two in three occurring in cities.

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DECEMBER 5, 2020

Australia-based Syrah Resources has completed a bankable feasibility study (BFS) for expansion of its natural graphite AAM facility in Vidalia, Louisiana, as it continues to execute its strategy of becoming the first vertically integrated producer of natural graphite AAM (advanced anode material) outside of China.

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

Findings from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC’s) 2021 Long-Term Reliability Assessment (LTRA) indicate there is a high probability of insufficient resources and energy to serve electricity demand, as early as Summer 2022, in many parts of the Western Interconnection.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

Within the KliMEA project, researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will study drive systems of heavy duty vehicles and fuel cell technology to find ways how future production of fuel cell components can be adapted to these expected new emissions requirements. Schematic representation of roll-to-roll MEA manufacture.

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JULY 17, 2021

Now, a study by a team from MIT’s Materials Systems Laboratory, with support from Ford, provides insight into how electrification is changing vehicle composition and how that change is driving supply risk vulnerability. Modern automobiles are built with more than 2,000 different compounds comprising 76 different elements. Field, Robert D.

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JANUARY 13, 2023

In a new study led by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), an international team of researchers developed a novel way to store energy by transporting sand into abandoned underground mines. The investment costs of UGES are about 1 to 10 US$/kWh and power capacity costs of 2.000 US$/kW. Dabek, P.B., Brandão, R.,

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JULY 9, 2022

A study by a team from the George Washington University finds that not all financial incentives are created equal in the eyes of prospective car buyers, and the current federal incentive—a tax credit—is, in fact, valued the least by car buyers. The current federal electric vehicle tax scheme is a pain. —John Helveston.

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MAY 2, 2022

Accompanying the lower noise levels from bus traffic was a reduction of fatigue, day time sleepiness and low mood, a study at the University of Gothenburg shows. The Gothenburg study involved questionnaire surveys of randomly selected residents in two phases, before and after the switch to electric buses. Study report (in Swedish).

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APRIL 9, 2022

Australia-based Mineral Resources (MinRes), one of the largest owners of hard rock lithium units, has, in response to “unprecedented global customer demand for lithium products”, agreed with its JV partners to increase production from the Wodgina and Mt Marion spodumene mines, based in Western Australia.

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MARCH 10, 2022

Keliber, a Finnish mining and battery chemical company that aims to start the sustainable production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide, has analyzed the CO 2 emissions generated by its future production using two studies. We have ordered these studies to understand the size of our future carbon footprint, and how to reduce emissions.

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JUNE 10, 2022

An even more intense “megadrought” hit the region around 1,800 years ago, according to a new study published in the AGU journal Geophysical Research Letters. The new study used tree-ring data and other climate records to identify a drought period unmatched in severity by the current drought or other ancient droughts. Gangopadhyay, S.,

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JANUARY 7, 2021

Due to the rapid economic growth in the study period, China invested a large amount of resources into infrastructure construction for advancing the urban living environment. Of the 841 cities studied, 325 showed significant greening with more than 10% of greening BUAs. billion and the urban population was 4.2

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JULY 23, 2021

Rio Tinto has approved a $108-million investment in underground development to enable early orebody access and undertake orebody characterisation studies for underground mining at the Kennecott copper operations in the United States. g/t gold with further upside potential based on drilling. This follows a $1.5-billion

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MARCH 3, 2021

Scientists at the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies on Santa Catalina Island, working with private industry, report that a new aquaculture technique on the California coast significantly increases kelp growth, yielding four times more biomass than natural processes. The study authors include Ignacio A.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

If only incremental increases in renewable energy resources are introduced across the grid, electrolytic hydrogen will not become an environmentally sustainable solution. He looked at three different resources that forecast the future composition of the US electrical power grid.

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JULY 20, 2021

million cars, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from The University of Queensland and The University of Canterbury. Their study appears in Global Change Biology. By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs (feral swine), are releasing around 4.9 Feral swine have been reported in at least 35 states.

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JULY 15, 2023

Unconventional Coal and coal by-products as feedstock resources from which a majority (greater than 50% by weight) of MREO/MRES must be extracted. DE-FOA-0002854 ). Further advanced technologies will be encouraged, but only if the component(s) and/or circuit(s) have been extensively tested and are ready for deployment.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

By 2045, California will require the deployment of up to a staggering 55 gigawatts (GW) of long duration energy storage (LDES) to support its 100% clean electricity goals, according to a new modeling study released by the California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA).

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AUGUST 14, 2021

A new study published by US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory offers the most complete understanding yet of the costs of owning and operating a vehicle, and how those costs vary by powertrain, from the conventional to the cutting-edge. Levelized cost of driving (LCOD) across powertrains for light-duty SUV, MY 2025.

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JUNE 22, 2021

This study shows that charging requirements could be met at power levels in line with current light-duty charging technology (?100 100 kW/vehicle) for the fleets studied. As technologies that enable heavy-duty fleet electrification become available, studies like this can help anticipate and prepare for the effects of this transition.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

of the human-made climate impact; two-thirds of this impact are caused by emissions other than CO 2 , according to a new study by researchers in Europe and the US. The study was published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. This new study is based on a thorough review of a decade of research on aviation emissions.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

The team studied trends in air pollution in Africa to determine impacts on human health and economic development in 54 African countries. In addition to the toll on human health, air pollution imposes economic costs, the study found. billion IQ points across the continent. Economic output lost to air-pollution-related disease was $3.0

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Initially developed for IEEE volunteers, the portal serves as a resource for teachers, parents, and anyone interested in STEM outreach. Here are some of the resources and features available on the website. Volunteer resources Do you need help enhancing your programs or curriculum? Camp experiences. Parent program.

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JULY 30, 2023

This comprehensive study and guide offer school districts and others an overview of the electric school bus market and a catalog that presents electric school bus models available today with detailed vehicle specifications.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

A new study by a team from Environmental Health & Engineering (EH&E) has found that greenhouse gas emissions from corn ethanol are 46% lower than those from gasoline—a decrease in emissions from the estimated 39% done by previous modeling. EH&E) and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health at Harvard’s T.H. Scully et al.

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JUNE 26, 2022

The rapidly growing space industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new study led by UCL and published in the journal Earth’s Future as an open-access paper. The space industry is one of the world’s fastest growing sectors.

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AUGUST 16, 2021

The scope of the study includes transport from the onshore hydrogen gas production facility to an offshore ship loading buoy and then on to nominated Asia-Pacific markets utilizing GEV’s compressed hydrogen shipping solution. The HyEnergy Project is completing a scoping study aimed for completion in 2021. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 16, 2021

Rio Tinto has partnered with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to study whether hydrogen can replace natural gas in alumina refineries to reduce emissions. This study will investigate a potential technology that can contribute to the decarbonization of the Australian alumina industry. Rio Tinto will conduct a $1.2-million

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