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Cornell study examines trade-off between critical metals requirement and transportation decarbonization

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—Fengqi You, senior author Currently, critical metals and minerals are centralized in politically unstable Chile, Congo, Indonesia, Brazil, Argentina and South Africa, according to the World Bank. It’s mainly driven by the electric vehicle market penetration and battery technology development.

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GE study finds 5% of worlds natural gas production wasted per year by flaring

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Elsewhere in West Africa, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and Cameroon collectively waste about 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas every year. Successful capture and flare gas utilization could potentially triple per capita electricity consumption for this nation of 155 million people.

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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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°C in the Amazon Basin and the eastern part of the Congo Basin. While overall, these biogeochemical and biogeophysical effects will only have a small impact on global mean surface temperature, the model projects regional patterns of enhanced surface air warming of up to 1.5 °C

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Research groups identify function of three plant proteins; potential boost for seed oil production

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First authors of the paper are Micheline Ngaki, a Fulbright Scholar from the Congo and a graduate student in genetics, development and cell biology at Iowa State; Gordon Louie, a research scientist at the Salk Institute; and Philippe. —Ryan Philippe, post-doc in Noel’s lab.

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USGS records nonfuel mineral production jump of $3.6B in 2022

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The other leading producers of critical minerals were Australia and South Africa with three critical minerals each and Congo (Kinshasa) with two critical minerals. China was the leading producing nation for 30 of the 50 critical minerals (including 14 lanthanides).

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Get Your Monkeywrenches Ready! Politicians Beg For Climate Change Wake Up Call

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The emissions goal, based on the recommendations of the IPCC, is far higher than what the U.S. Congress and President Obama are proposing, which is one reason Greenpeace came out against the American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) bill that squeaked through the U.S.

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Coal India, NMDC assessing lithium mines overseas: Report  | Autocar Professional

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A separate delegation will head to Congo, Rao said. India will additionally take a delegation to Zambia in June, with executives from the Tata Group and Vedanta, he added. The two governments will discuss the joint exploration of critical minerals such as lithium.

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