"Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has signalled he will scrap the nation’s legally binding 2030 climate target and risk #Australia’s membership of the #ParisAgreement, following his vow to deploy nuclear energy to reach net zero by 2050.
He would also pause the rollout of wind and solar farms.
The Albanese government is currently committed to more than double the amount of #RenewableEnergy to 82 % of the grid by 2030 as the key measure to reach its climate target."
"Despite being responsible for more than half of the world’s supply, #Australia captures just 0.5% of the global $57bn #lithium battery market.
The Future Made in Australia policy - which was formally announced in April - seeks to change that, by offering tax breaks and loans to companies seeking to process critical minerals at home."
'What if a common element rather than scarce, expensive ones was a key component in electric car batteries?
A collaboration co-led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher is hoping to spark a green battery revolution by showing that iron instead of cobalt and nickel can be used as a cathode material in lithium-ion batteries.'
A Vast, Untapped Source of Lithium Has Just Been Found in The US
"#Pennsylvania sits on a vein of sedimentary rock known as the Marcellus Shale, which is rich in natural gas. The geological foundation was deposited almost 400 million years ago by volcanic activity, and it contains #lithium from volcanic ash.
Mackey and his colleagues have now found that when wastewater is dredged up from the deep by #fracking activities, it contains an astonishing amount of lithium."