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Are EV Batteries Recyclable?

Union of Concerned Scientists

As electric vehicle (EV) sales continue to increase, questions about how these cars and their batteries will be disposed of have been top of mind for current owners, future buyers, policymakers, and many experts in the automotive industry. Current lithium-ion battery collection, repurposing, and recycling network in North America.

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What Happens to Wind Turbine Blades at the End of Their Life Cycle?

Union of Concerned Scientists

A wind turbine includes a foundation, a tower, electrical wiring, a nacelle between the blades, and the blades themselves. The energy research firm Wood Mackenzie estimates that the number of blades using PET as their core material instead of balsa will increase from 20% in 2018 to 55% in 2023. Can wind turbine blades be recycled?

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Just and Sustainable Solutions for the Mining and Recycling of Rare Earth Elements in Wind Turbines

Union of Concerned Scientists

Rare earth elements, or REEs, are important parts of a wind turbine’s permanent magnets , located in the center of the blades in the electrical box (called the nacelle). The World Bank predicts that the demand for neodymium for energy technologies in 2050 will be 37% of total 2018 neodymium production. Recycling rare earth elements.

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Is Russia Helping China Expand Its Nuclear Weapons Program? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 1992, after five years of research, China decided to cooperate with Russia on the construction of an experimental fast reactor (CEFR), with the ultimate goal of pursuing a closed nuclear fuel cycle —a process in which spent nuclear fuel is reprocessed and recycled to extract usable materials for further energy production.

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DEP Citizens Advisory Council To Discuss Carbon Sequestration-Hydrogen Hub Pipelines; Critical/Rare Earth Mineral Recycling At July 9 Meeting

PA Environment Daily

Council will also hear a presentation on critical and rare earth minerals recycling. Photo: Energy Transfer’s brand new gas pipeline exploded in Beaver County in 2018.) DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council is scheduled to meet on July 9 to continue its discussion of proposed Hydrogen Hubs, this time with a focus on pipelines. 27 Released 1.1

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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 17 to 23 -- 7 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Defective Casing From 2018; Mariner Pipeline Drilling Mud Breakout; Additional Shell Air Penalties; Water Supply Investigation

PA Environment Daily

This condition was originally discovered by DEP on October 4, 2018 and the operator has been trying to correct the problem since then. 2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 54 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to 54 oil and gas facility site cleanups. Read more here.

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Analysis: How Africa’s green opportunity could change it from resource exporter to industrial powerhouse

A Greener Life

Copper, lithium, cobalt, manganese, rare earth metals and graphite essential ingredients for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, renewable technologies and decarbonisation of industrial processes are plentiful across the continent. Without reliable electricity, industrialisation sputters.