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Rather serendipitously, the natural richness of oilfield wastewater offers opportunities to extract precious elements during the recycling process. For example, in many shale energy basins, the wastewater that is generated during production (known as …

I recently attended a talk by journalist Matthew D'Ancona on 'post-truths' - beliefs of the heart rather than grounded in fact. In my mind, the electric vehicle (EV) came to assume such a status this summer, prompting some of the market's …

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