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Challenges and Opportunities in Mining Materials for Energy Storage Lithium-ion Batteries

Union of Concerned Scientists

It is wasteful by design. Energy from the sun and wind never runs out and is used again and again. Rechargeable large-scale batteries can be charged with solar or wind power and cycled thousands of times in their lifetime. How are Lithium-ion Batteries that Store Solar and Wind Power Made? Want Clean Energy?

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8 ways to save our climate, and our lives

Edouard Stenger

Stop deforestation In many countries of the global South, people are still deforesting as a mean to make money. Change agriculture and the way we eat Wasting less food and eating much less meat are two very powerful ways to slow down and halt climate change.

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IPCC report urges for action to limit global warming to 1.5C

Edouard Stenger

Deforestation and environmental destruction are still a reality in many countries around the world. Solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind power have become in recent years the cheapest sources of electricity and now account for 8 percent of global electricity. We need to stop deforestation of the Amazon and other tropical forests.

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A Global Biogas Revolution Is Taking Place

Edouard Stenger

While solar PV and wind power are grabbing headlines, another clean energy revolution is silently taking place. Capturing and putting to good use these methane emissions from our many waste streams could limit climate change drastically. Food waste from producers, retailers and consumers. This accounts for 4.4

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Deserts as Ecosystems and Why They Need Protecting

Environmental Science

It had been widely known thanks to various travel volumes that deserts were anything but lifeless wastes. A growing problem in the 1960s concerning such issues as pollution and public health led to the development of a number of environmental standards and conservation issues for the assembly of world powers. Leisure and Tourism.