GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. The H&M Foundation and CO:LAB venture capital arm share a focus on advancing textile recycling. and globally by 2040.

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Charged

AUGUST 3, 2020

In Chile, lithium mining uses nearly 65% of the water in the country’s Salar de Atamaca region, one of the driest desert areas in the world, to pump out brines from wells. Currently, refining takes place in other countries, mainly Belgium, China, Finland, Norway and Zambia, which reap the economic benefit. Source: United Nations.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

Covid-19 support package to help the electrical waste recycling sector manage disruption caused by the coroinavirus crisis. We've designed the application process to ensure speedy allocation of funding, and included a range of support for re-use and recycling organisations.".

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Low Impact

AUGUST 9, 2020

Natural organic reduction, a technique for turning human remains into “soft, beautiful soil” is being billed by its American developers, Recompose , as the greenest of green funerary practices. Was the deceased a member of the Soil Association? The devil could well be in the detail – hopefully not in the soil.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Where else can you find entrepreneurs at neighboring benches working on innovations as diverse as filtration, energy storage, building materials, alternative proteins, and battery metal recycling? What I find most exciting is the variety of work being done in the wet lab,” says our Director of Wet Lab Operations Carey Ann Comeau.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Mineral security was also a focus on von der Leyen's address, with the EU chief stressing it was critical for the bloc to curb its reliance on China for lithium and rare earth metals required for electric vehicles, energy storage, and other clean energy technologies. By 2030, our demand for those rare earth metals will increase fivefold.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

  In deals this week there’s $171m for battery recycling across two deals, $150m for thermal batteries, and $71m for green hydrogen.  🌾 Trace Genomics , an Ames, IA-based soil analysis technology developer, raised $10m in Series B funding from Ajax Strategies, S2G Ventures, and Rabo Ventures.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 28, 2023

for Northvolt to build energy storage, $100M for direct lithium extraction, and $60M for heat batteries. Deals of the Week (8/14-8/27) Venture Fundings 🔋 Northvolt , a Stockholm, Sweden-based lithium-ion batteries from recycled materials producer, raised $1.2B Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2022

From boosting mining, recycling and reuse at home to diversifying supply chains abroad, the roadmap is an important first step towards ensuring the expansion of the UK's green economy is not delayed or derailed by a paucity of minerals such as graphite, lithium, cobalt, magnesium and rare earths. Reuse, recycling and energy efficiency.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 23, 2022

The Stellantis-LG battery plant announcement for WindsorEssex is fantastic news for Canada, the lithium-ion industry and the exponential growth of the EV market. The BMAC community is excited to welcome Stellantis and LG Energy Solution to Canada’s growing lithium-ion battery ecosystem.” Sarah Houde, CEO of Propulsion Québec.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Australia produces 55 percent of world’s lithium, and China is its major importer. More than half of the world’s lithium resources come from Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, where miners compete with farmers for water resources. Lithium is crucial to EV batteries, and it takes nearly 2 million tons of water for every ton of lithium mined.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

  In deals, major funding for battery recycling and dry electrodes, and additional late-stage funding for forestry projects and precision weed control.   💨 Agricarbon , a Dundee, United Kingdom-based soil carbon measurement technology developer, raised $11M in Series A funding from Barclays and Shell Ventures.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

💨 Private equity and O&G bet big on climate tech’s next frontiers: DAC and lithium. Blackrock injected $550M into Oxy’s DAC plant and ExxonMobil unveiled its first-ever lithium mining operation.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

And efforts are also needed to boost recyclability of EV batteries and accelerate research in alternative battery chemistries in order to reduce reliance on metals such as lithium, it adds.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

” The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. The H&M Foundation and CO:LAB venture capital arm share a focus on advancing textile recycling.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For instance, in London, Veolia provides recycling, waste management and landscaping; cleans streets, and maintains parks and open spaces. And each week Londoners place distinctly colored trash bags to the curb for the company’s fleet of garbage and recycling trucks to collect. The report did not mention radium.

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