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https://cleantechnica.com/2023/07/26/lithium-extraction-conversion-from-geothermal-brines-10-projects-get-10-9-million-from-us-government/
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Cleantechnica
Offices: Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Technologies (AMMTO) and the Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) Funding Amount: $10.9 Million FOA Number: DE-FOA-0002823. On July 24, the U.Department of Energy (DOE) announced $10.9 million for 10 projects across nine states that will advance innovative technologies to extract and convert battery-grade lithium from geothermal brine sources in the United States.
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https://www.vox.com/climate/2023/12/12/23997274/cop28-malawi-climate-reparations-loss-and-damage
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Vox
This story is part of a Vox series examining how the climate crisis is impacting communities around the world, as the 28th annual United Nations conference on climate change (COP28) unfolds.
For several days in March, the record-breaking Tropical Cyclone Freddy poured heavy rains onto the city of...
For several days in March, the record-breaking Tropical Cyclone Freddy poured heavy rains onto the city of...
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https://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/791821-decarbonizing-port-operations-modern-era
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Home News Sustainability. Nearly all - 90% - of global trade is seaborne, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), underscoring the significant environmental impact of ports and shipping. With shipping contributing nearly of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and maritime trade volumes expected to triple by 2050, the industry is at a tipping point, writes Morten Johansen, COO for DP World Americas in a recent article published in Forbes.
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https://phys.org/news/2023-09-shawnee-national-forest-debate-swirls.html
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https://electrek.co/2024/01/02/electric-supercar-maker-launching-robotaxi-service-kia/
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Rimac, the Croatian EV maker behind the record-setting Nevera electric supercar, is launching a robotaxi service. With Kia's help, the new robotaxi will be revealed in just a few months.
Founded in 2009, Rimac Automobili has focused on building the most powerful electric hypercar. The...
Founded in 2009, Rimac Automobili has focused on building the most powerful electric hypercar. The...
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https://www.popsci.com/technology/amazon-project-kuiper-space-lasers/
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SpaceX and its billionaire CEO Elon Musk may finally have a reason to look over their shoulder in the satellite internet race. On Thursday, Amazon revealed it successfully used a space laser technology called "optical inter-satellite link" (OISL) to beam a 100 gigabit per second connection...
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https://theconversation.com/global-demand-for-oil-could-peak-soon-nzs-plan-to-revive-offshore-exploration-doesnt-add-up-232154
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Theconversation
This week's announcement of the government's plans to reopen New Zealand's territorial waters to oil drilling comes as no surprise. All three coalition parties campaigned on reversing the 2018 ban on offshore oil exploration. But it flies in the face of projections that demand for oil could peak as early as this decade.
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https://www.sneakerfiles.com/air-jordan-3-hydrogen-blue/
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Sneakerfiles
The Air Jordan 3 "Lucky Shorts", aka "Hydrogen Blue", is part of Jordan Brand's Summer 2025 collection. It utilizes a new color scheme paired with Legend Blue and retails for $200. Inspiration for this pair comes from Michael Jordan wearing his UNC practice shorts under his uniform. The shoes...
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/whistleblowers-are-key-to-cftc-s-8703584/
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Voluntary Carbon Markets ("VCMs") are touted as a promising solution to rising global carbon emissions. They have the potential to strengthen climate technology and promote projects that reduce carbon dioxide emissions and remove Greenhouse Gases ("GHGs") from the atmosphere. VCMs are estimated to be worth$2 billion, and the burgeoning sector is forecasted to grow to $250 billion by 2050.
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https://www.thefastmode.com/technology-solutions/35044-ast-spacemobile-and-rakuten-mobile-set-to-revolutionize-telecoms-with-satellite-to-mobile-service-in-2026
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Thefastmode
Rakuten Mobile today announced its plans to provide satellite-to-mobile service in Japan, targeting to start the service in 2026. These plans have been made in partnership with AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones.
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https://www.worldoil.com/news/2024/11/25/adnoc-l-s-takes-delivery-of-first-new-build-lng-carrier-from-jiangnan-shipyard-ahead-of-schedule/
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ADNOC Logistics and Services announced it has taken delivery of 'Al Shelila,' the first of six newbuild liquified natural gas (LNG) carriers from Jiangnan Shipyard in China. The vessel has been delivered two months ahead of schedule, with the remaining five expected to be delivered in 2025 and 2026.
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https://www.cp24.com/news/downtown-toronto-building-evacuated-amid-concerns-that-it-could-collapse-toronto-fire-1.7003283
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Crews have set up a perimeter around a two-storey building near Kensington Market that is believed to be at imminent risk of collapse. Deputy Chief Jim Jessop says that firefighters were initially dispatched to the building on Dundas Street near Augusta Avenue at around 10 a.after some construction workers across the street witnessed its façade move and called 911.
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https://www.channele2e.com/news/akamai-globallogic-ally-to-deliver-enterprise-cloud-solutions
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GlobalLogic Inc., a Hitachi Group company and Akamai announced a strategic partnership intended to make a broad range of enterprise technology solutions available to customers globally through the Akamai Partner Program.GlobalLogic will design and build products, platforms, and digital...
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https://www.energy-pedia.com/news/south-korea/%C3%B8rsted-and-incheon-city-sign-mou-to-establish-world-class-offshore-wind-power-industry-in-korea%E2%80%99s-incheon-region-194350
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rsted, on Feb 22, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Incheon Metropolitan City, Korea, to cooperate on developing a world-class offshore wind power industry in the region. The aim of the agreement is to establish a successful local wind power industry driven by Ørsted's 1.6 GW offshore wind project off the coast of Incheon.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/09/laos-is-spiraling-toward-a-debt-crisis-as-china-looms-large.html
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But some experts have debunked fears of Chinese debt-trap diplomacy in BRI nations. Researchers Deborah Brautigam of Johns Hopkins' China Africa Research Initiative (CARI) and Meg Rithmire of Harvard Business School have pointed out that Sri Lanka, for instance, owes more debt to Japan, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank than to China.
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https://www.pv-tech.org/germany-oversubscribed-innovation-auction-awards-408mw-of-solar-plus-storage/
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This is the second innovative auction held this year in Germany with the previous one ending with a completely different fate as only three projects ended up accepted with a combined capacity of 83.5MW, despite 400MW of capacity auctioned. "Following two weak auctions, the innovation auctions have regained momentum.
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https://www.energy-pedia.com/news/united-kingdom/boralex-secures-contract-for-difference-(cfd)-for-limekiln-wind-farm-in-scotland-192614
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Energy-pedia
Boralex has announced that a Contract for Difference (CfD) has been secured for its Limekiln Wind Farm in Scotland. The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has awarded Boralex's 108MW wind energy project near Thurso, in the north of Scotland, a 15-year CfD at a level of £52.29/MWh in 2012 prices (equivalent to £72.35/MWh in July 2023 prices).
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https://www.juancole.com/2024/07/government-unleashes-electricity.html
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Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - The new Labour government in Britain last week took steps to remove the ban on onshore wind farms instituted by the Conservative government, which made it possible for such projects to be forestalled even by a single objection.
Gavin McGuire at Reuters reported that...
Gavin McGuire at Reuters reported that...
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https://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/Why-OPEC-Failed-To-Put-80-Floor-Under-Oil-Prices.html
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For years, market participants have been lamenting the lack of detailed communication from OPEC+ on the group's intended production beyond the following three months. This weekend, the alliance gave them a full timetable of planned production levels until September 2025. The oil bulls were disappointed.
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https://www.startribune.com/us-employers-added-a-surprisingly-robust-303000-jobs-in-march-in-a-sign-of-economic-strength/600356520/
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WASHINGTON — America's employers delivered another outpouring of jobs in March, adding a sizzling 303,000 workers to their payrolls and bolstering hopes that the economy can vanquish inflation without succumbing to a recession in the face of high interest rates. Last month's job growth was up from a revised 270,000 in February and was far above the 200,000 jobs that economists had forecast.
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https://www.slideshare.net/DineshRangappa2/nanoferrite-particles-preparation-by-chemical-way-in-hsmf
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Slideshare
Ferrite Particle by Chemical Way in High Static Magnetic Field(HSMF) Yunbo Zhong, Li Zhihua, Zhongming Ren Shanghai University in HSMF HSMF Organic or Biological Material Metallic Material Inorganic Non- metallic Material Nano-Material of Nano-particle 1、High Energy Grinding; 2、Evaporation; 3、Co-Precipitation; 4、Sol-Gel; 5、Hydrothermal Preparation; 6、By Plasma; And so on............
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-024-00102-z?code=c59058d4-9364-43a8-ac1e-7f0ccf417c34&error=cookies_not_supported
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