June 20, 2023 Baking soda may be a solution for storing hydrogen safely To date, there is no completely safe, cost-effective, and energy-efficient way to store hydrogen at large scales.
June 19, 2023 California city to power garbage trucks with organic waste Roseville will start powering its garbage trucks with renewable natural gas derived from organic waste.
June 16, 2023 Inside the race to remake lithium extraction for EV batteries The global battle to reshape the lithium industry is sucking in oil producers, tech startups and entrenched mining giants.
June 13, 2023 Almost a quarter of Canada’s GDP exposed to climate risk – study Study by the University of Waterloo found that as carbon costs rise, assets of $256 billion are at risk of being lost in Canada.
June 8, 2023 EV sales are soaring and oil use is about to peak The share of electric vehicles in sales of new passenger vehicles is set to more than double globally in the next few years — to 30% in 2026.
June 2, 2023 China is drilling a 10,000-meter-deep hole into the Earth Drilling for what is set to be China’s deepest ever borehole began in the country’s oil-rich Xinjiang region on Tuesday.
May 31, 2023 Australian tech to produce hydrogen at point of consumption gets $6.5m grant Australian researchers have been tasked with building a demonstration unit to efficiently generate hydrogen from liquid carriers.
May 29, 2023 Namibia considers taking stakes in mining and petroleum companies Namibia is one of Africa’s biggest producers of diamonds and largest of uranium.
May 24, 2023 Oil giant ExxonMobil jumps on lithium wagon Acquisition of lithium prospect in southern Arkansas reflects the company's bet on the electric vehicles boom.
May 22, 2023 Russia raises aluminum exports to China to near record levels as sanctions bite Russian sales of refined aluminum to China nearly trebled in April from the previous year.
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