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Study finds large-scale ramp-up in biofuel crops could result in warming in some tropical regions, cooling in temperate and polar regions

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Global land-use changes caused by a major ramp-up in biofuel crops—enough to meet about 10% of the world’s energy needs—could make some regions warmer, according to a new integrated modeling study by researchers from MIT and the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole. —Willow Hallgren, lead author.

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CLEE, NRGI studying ways to improve sustainability and governance across EV battery supply chain

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Preliminary findings included as part of the brief: The greenhouse gas emissions benefits of EVs are clear and will grow as global electricity supplies become increasingly less carbon-intensive. As the first step in this initiative, CLEE and NRGI have prepared a background brief on the issue.

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Omnia’s explosives business boosted by battery metals exploration – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The global shift away from polluting fuel sources such as coal has increased demand for cleaner energy minerals such as lithium , cobalt, graphite and copper, leading to more exploration projects. “What you see is the diversification benefit of the global earnings coming through from our mining business. .

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

While the manufacturing of ICEVs has seemingly stalled in reducing carbon emissions, EVs have a cleaner and ever-improving future ahead. While 80% of EV drivers globally charge their EV at home which can be done from inside your garage or carport with appropriate safety in place, there is still a need for public charging infrastructure.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

While the manufacturing of ICEVs has seemingly stalled in reducing carbon emissions, EVs have a cleaner and ever-improving future ahead. While 80% of EV drivers globally charge their EV at home which can be done from inside your garage or carport with appropriate safety in place, there is still a need for public charging infrastructure.

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The raw materials crunch: How bad, how long, how to solve it?

Charged EVs

According to a recent report from S&P Global Commodity Insights , the price of cobalt is up around 85%, and nickel about 55%, over the past year, but lithium has really gone through the roof—prices for the light white stuff have surged over 700% since the beginning of 2021. What’s the scarcest of them all? Greening the supply chain.

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China’s battery supply chain tops BNEF ranking for third consecutive time; Canada close 2nd, US drops to 3rd

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China continues to dominate BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) global lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking, for the third time in a row, for both 2022 and its projection for 2027, due to continued support for the electric vehicle demand and raw materials investments. —Ellie Gomes-Callus, metals and mining analyst at BNEF.

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