Arkansas’s former oil fields may become the forefront of sustainable lithium extraction
Southern Arkansas’s Smackover Formation, known for its oil production history, is now a hopeful ground for lithium mining. Boyce Upholt reports for Yale E360. In short: The Smackover Formation, historically an oil production site, may soon aid in the clean energy transition with its rich lithium brines suitable for direct lithium extraction (DLE). DLE allegedly […]
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Council offers some hope to Rio Verde Foothills | City News | #citycouncil
The number of possible short-term solutions to get water to the Rio Verde Foothills community is running perilously thin. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on Jan. 20 shot down some area residents’ attempt to force Scottsdale to turn the water back on at the standpipe that once serviced the area while their lawsuit by area […]
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New Orleans City Council looks at incentive solutions to help hire and retain officers for NOPD | #citycouncil
New Orleans city leaders are reworking the 2023 budget to help fix a growing problem of officers leaving the city.The main focus for city council members is how to keep them and add more as crime surges across New Orleans. “It’s awful, I think we’ve lost over 80 officers so far this year,” said Claude […]
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