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Trade Tensions Put Energy Transition At Risk
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Scientists Dissolve Crude Oil in Water to Study Its Composition
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Bitcoin leaves a carbon footprint as large as Las Vegas, study finds
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Cheap catalyst
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Carbon-neutral fuel made from sunlight and air
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Fracking with CO2
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Catalytic performance improved by 10,000x.
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Environmentalists Not On Same Page About Nuclear
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Construction to Begin on Plastics-to-Fuel Plant
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Fuel Cell Vehicles
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Evolving battery technology will alter demand for raw materials
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Indiana CCS project gets OGCI investment
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NASA backs development of cryogenic hydrogen system to power all-electric aircraft
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The Blindness of Scientific Prognosticators
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Enhanced oil recovery improved by nanoparticle-induced crude swelling
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Hydrogen 5x Cheaper than EV Batteries
New material for hydrogen fuel tanks: "The cost of manufacturing our material is so low, and the energy density it can store is so much...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Elon Musk to Tesla Employees: It's 'Hardcore' Belt-Tightening Time
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Evolving Battery Technology
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Researchers develop viable, environmentally friendly alternative to Styrofoam
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Industry-ready process makes plastics chemical from plant sugars
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Mercedes want to abandon combustion engines by 2039
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Analysis: Methane Emissions Intensity Declines in Top Shale Basins Saturday, April 27, 2019
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UN “very confident” of deal to stop plastic waste ending up in the sea
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Study finds that current approach to limiting wintertime pollution may initially backfire
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Rising seas drowned this bird, now its back! sea levels dropped? HAHA
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Workhorse Motors to Take Over Shuttered GM Plant in Lordstown
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New Carbon Capture Technology
Any thoughts on $500 million dollar plants capturing carbon and injecting it back in the ground or using it to make carbon neutral fuels? The...- nathan_john Replied
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New Oil Cleanup Material
Scientists develop new material to tackle oil pollution This would probably undermine the "keep it in the ground" argument from a certain perspective, therefore it...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Solar-Powered Stoves
First indoor solar-powered cooker will use rays of sunshine to heat food I want one for the summer. My birthday is conveniently in July. Thank...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Power Use Shift Can Relieve Pressure on Grid: Experiment
Paying consumers to increase their consumption can reduce the cost of integrating wind and solar electricity production into the grid Very interesting experiment. Finding ways...- groid
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