"Volvo is the latest automaker to lay out a grand vision for how it plans on tackling the twin challenges of electrification and autonomy."
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I’m a plastics industry CEO. We have a responsibility for plastic waste
"To enhance our current recycling infrastructure, a privately funded, industry-led extended producer responsibility plan is a pragmatic solution."
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The future of EV batteries could be found under the sea
"All the battery metals we need to power a billion electric vehicles could be lying on the floor of the Pacific Ocean — but collecting them and turning them into EV batteries is a major challenge."
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Nuclear power is clean and safe. Why aren’t we using more of it?
"As a result, nuclear power's reputation is among its biggest hurdles. In the public imagination, nuclear power presages disaster. But the numbers tell a different story. Estimates of deaths from nuclear incidents range from less than 10,000 to around 1 million."
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GM Invests In Controlled Thermal Resources For U.S. Lithium Production
GM announced today that it will collaborate with CTR to produce lithium in California.
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Six smartphone apps that make the outdoors more enjoyable and help clean the environment
"Summer is here, the COVID restrictions are ending, and people are getting outdoors. As you head out, there are some amazing tools on your smartphone that will help you enjoy your surroundings a little more and even contribute to natural science and environmental cleanup."
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Solo solar no more: Regional home solar installers join forces
Some regional and local installers are making a play for larger markets, consolidating their efforts in a bid to compete with national peers.
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Congress Debates Infrastructure but Ignores the Interstates
"Infrastructure investors, who have financed $27 billion in new U.S. highway, bridge and tunnel projects in recent years, would jump at the chance to invest in projects like rebuilding existing interstate highways. These investors include public pension funds, insurance companies and funds that specialize in infrastructure."
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Hydrogen Should Be Focused On Cement And Steel, Not Cars
"In an ideal world replete with surplus renewable energy, maybe hydrogen has a future because then its inefficiency is negated by its convenience. But we aren’t in that situation right now, won’t be for decades, and might never be...But if our end goal is combating climate change and global warming, the best place for hydrogen is not cars."
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“Nuclear Batteries” Offer a New Approach to Carbon-Free Energy
"We may be on the brink of a new paradigm for nuclear power, a group of nuclear specialists suggested recently in The Bridge, the journal of the National Academy of Engineering."