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A ‘Geologic Freak’ in Arkansas Is Big Oil’s New Lithium Bet
COP31’s electrification push needs far more lithium, and the U.S. makes about 1% of it. Can Arkansas’ Smackover Formation and Big Oil change that?
Summary
The world is electrifying at an unprecedented pace, and it’s only going to keep speeding up. COP 31, the latest iteration of the United Nations’ annual climate conference, kicked off today in Antalya, Türkiye, and achieving 35 percent global electrification by 2035 is going to be one of the event’s most central agenda items.
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