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ICCT assesses factors driving EV market in US cities

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The markets of Charlotte, Detroit, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Providence, and Virginia Beach showed charging infrastructure growth of approximately 30% to 80%, corresponding with at least a doubling of their electric vehicle uptake from 2015 to 2016. Electric vehicle charging infrastructure remains a barrier in many markets.

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Tesla supplier Piedmont Lithium gets key North Carolina mining permit – ET Auto

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The approval from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality , which was announced by the company on Monday and is conditional on the posting of a USD 1 million reclamation bond, removes one major hurdle to Piedmont’s plans to tap a large lithium deposit just outside Charlotte. to close at USD 14.68

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Recycling Expanded Polystyrene becomes a reality with Styroloop

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When I started to investigate this, I found out that EPS is not recycled, which I thought was appalling in today’s society, especially when we know the damage plastic pollution does. I met the team at a Climate Change Hackathon (Climathon 2018) and our idea on the day included my recycling process. Interview by Charlotte Dautzenberg

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

Cars That Think

Her dissertation focused on developing methods to determine a baseline for concentrations of pollutants in the atmosphere based on historical spatial-temporal measurements. “To utilize these regulations, you first must establish where you currently are with air-quality levels,” she says. She earned her Ph.D.

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Bringing Back Clean Air

CleanTechnica EVs

Originally published on RMI.org. By Christian Roselund, Ali Rotatori, Ben Holland With the promise of vaccines curtailing the spread of COVID, states and economies are beginning to open up again, and we find ourselves getting back not only the good but also some of the negative aspects of pre-pandemic life.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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Although most countries have already revealed their opening emissions reduction proposals, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer pointed out Thursday that “ we still await clarity from industrialized nations on the provision of large-scale finance to developing countries for immediate and long-term climate action. by Jack Rosebro.

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