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How Many Minerals Do We Really Need for EV Batteries? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

By investing in battery recycling, EV efficiency, charging, battery innovation, and more choices of transportation modes. Essentially, the amount of minerals needed to create our vehicles is reduced through: Increased EV efficiency: Making EVs energy efficient reduces battery size requirements by using less energy per mile.

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How China Made an Antarctic Station Run on Majority Clean Energy

Scientific American

Members of China’s 41st Antarctic expedition team Five years ago electrical engineer Sun Hongbin was given what many would consider an impossible task: build a full-fledged clean-energy system amid some of the coldest temperatures on Earth, screaming winds and half-year darkness. I think its remarkable.”

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Solar Panel Recycling In 2025

Earth 911

To put this growth in perspective, solar panels are now being installed at a pace that would have seemed impossible just a decade ago, with predictions that the world could be installing one terawatt of solar annually by 2030—enough energy to power the state of California for a week-and-a-half. The good news?

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A Busy Legislative Season in California Adds Up to a More Climate Proof Future

Union of Concerned Scientists

Bidirectional EVs Could Be the New Standard Electric vehicles (EVs) should be a clean transportation and a clean energy solution. For two years, we worked on SB 615 with Senator Ben Allen to require all EV batteries to be repurposed or recycled. that need to be mined for new batteries.

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Our Solar PA Coalition Highlights How Community Solar Energy Legislation Is A People-Centered Solution For Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

Another in-person event took place in Western Pennsylvania, where supporters rallied in support of community-centered clean energy at the Homestead Steel Mill Stacks. As one of the priorities in Gov. The legislation is to be introduced in the coming days by Rep. Peter Schweyer.

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What can we learn from EU’s battery regulation?

Legal Planet

This regulation is designed to reduce the carbon footprint of batteries, limit the use of hazardous materials, decrease reliance on raw materials from outside the EU, and promote high rates of collection, reuse, and recycling. The current battery supply chain faces several pressing challenges.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Of Interior Announces Approval Of Another $244 Million In Funding To Pennsylvania For Cleaning Up Legacy Pollution From Abandoned Mine Lands; Local Mine Reclamation Grants Due To DEP Nov. 11 -- DEP Eligible For $1.7 26 -- Sierra Club PA Hosts Oct. 30 Webinar - It’s Scary Out Here! 8 [PaEN] -- Penn State EarthTalks: Oct.