Lithium extraction techniques increasingly under ESG scrutiny – report
Large evaporation pools, which generally sit for over a year, can leak toxic chemicals and contaminate bodies of water. (Stock Image)
Despite lithium’s role as the critical raw material to advance global decarbonisation strategies, the controversial nature of the sustainability of lithium operations is rising to the fore, highlights a new report by market researcher
Fitch Solutions.
Given a backdrop of rapidly rising lithium demand as the global energy transition to more sustainable sources gathers momentum, companies positioned along the battery supply chain will continue to invest in research and technology to reduce the environmental impact of lithium extraction. Government pressure and a rise in Environment Social and Government (ESG) investing will motivate firms to alter existing techniques.
May 10, 2021
Any transgression is reported to authorities where the offender is basically subjected to reeducation.
Three students at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst have been suspended and basically forced to forfeit their $16,000 in tuition after someone reported them to administrators with a photo showing them maskless, outside together at an off-campus event.
“What also infuriates the parents of the suspended students was video of the UMass Amherst Hockey Team celebrating their national championship on campus. Some students, including some of the players, could be seen not wearing masks.
“I just want the university administration to be equitable and fair,” RJ (the parents didn’t want their last name used) said.
Study finds increased housing instability in Pioneer Valley, particularly among minorities
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A study by the UMass Donahue Institute has found affordable housing in the Pioneer Valley is increasingly out of reach. (Don Treeger / The Republican file photo)
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SPRINGFIELD A study by the UMass Donahue Institute has found affordable housing in the Pioneer Valley is increasingly out of reach, particularly among minorities, and further impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
The 52-page report looks at “housing instability,” which is gauged by various measures of affordability as well as data on foreclosures, vacancy rates and homelessness. It says housing inequities in the region stem from economic pressure “as well as a long history overt and covert racist policies and practices that created and reinforced residential segregation.”
Tara A. Kilgallen of
Framingham has joined ERA Key as a Realtor in the
Framingham office.
Kilgallen has 20 years of experience as a yoga instructor in Massachusetts and California, and is currently as instructor at Common Ground Yoga in
Framingham. She previously served as co-director of Yoga at Lumina Mind Body Studios - Longfellow Health Clubs in
Wayland and
She was also a yoga instructor at Bosse Sports in
Sudbury. Before that, she was the director of yoga and retail manager at Tushita Heaven in San Juan Capistrano, California.
She earned her bachelor’s degree from Lesley University in Cambridge and completed her real estate training at Freedom Trail Realty School in Cambridge.