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Researchers discover new efficient lithium collection method using MOF membranes; Li from produced water

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Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, Monash University (Australia) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia have recently discovered a new, efficient way to extract lithium and other metals and minerals from water. million smartphones.

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EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

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San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District is replacing 48 trucks model year 1991-2003 with trucks powered by 2013 or newer model year engines. is providing incentives to voluntarily replace 19 drayage trucks operating 1995-2003 engines. Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Florida and South Carolina.

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Everything you should know about Smart energy Meter

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They are commonly used for electricity, gas, or water monitoring. For electricity, these meters use sensors to measure the flow of electric current, while gas and water meters use sensors to measure the volume of gas or water passing through.

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Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

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Earlier, an existing coalbed methane well operated by El Paso Exploration & Production had been converted for CO 2 injection, and four wells drilled to monitor reservoir pressure, gas composition, water quality, and the CO 2 plume. The partnerships include more than 350 organizations, spanning 43 states, and four Canadian provinces.

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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

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We got a heartrending reminder of this fact in February 2021, when Texas experienced an. Similar mismatches in supply and demand contributed to massive cascading blackouts in August 2003 in the northeastern United States and Canada, in July 2012 in India , and in March 2019 in Venezuela. unprecedented and deadly winter freeze.

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Studying Climate Change with an Ice Radar Drone

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These great masses store enough water to raise global sea level by 65 meters should they melt entirely. This data has come in large part from ICESat , launched in 2003, and its successor, ICESat-2 , launched in 2018. And the presence of water can give indications about the temperature of the surrounding ice.

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Noble Energy announces significant natural gas discovery at Leviathan offshore Israel

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Texas-based Noble Energy, Inc. Leviathan-1, located in approximately 5,400 feet (1,645 meters) of water, is about 80 miles (130 kilometers) offshore of Haifa and 29 miles (47 kilometers) southwest of the Tamar discovery. From 2002 to 2003, Wurmser served as senior advisor to Under Secretary of State John Bolton.

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