Show Breaking News BarCloseLocal NewsDebbie Strauss Bill Barajas HOUSTON – A dog was rescued after being trapped for more than a week inside a shipping container at the Port of Houston. See all the photos and videos below of the timeline of her release. Take a look at this sweet girl right here. VIDEO: She was found about a week ago at the Port of Houston. In the video you can hear her banging from inside a a shipping container that was four stories up. VIDEO: A team of United States Coast Guard members were conducting their daily inspections at the port when they heard Connie calling out for help. VIDEO: The Coast Guard team found Connie in the container and opened the door. A crane was used to bring it to the ground, and out popped a very sweet and friendly dog. “If we didn’t find her that day she wouldn’t of been found at all, that’s what I think,” said Marine Science Technician 2nd class Ryan McMahon. Connie is currently with a wonderful foster family but will start her new life in Maryland at Forever Changed Animal Rescue. “She’s been great, I have 4 kids, 2 dogs a great Dane and a Pitbull mix and she’s been great with them and a cat so whoever is going to adopt her hit the jackpot,” said foster Jennifer Wendeburg. She’s scheduled to take a private plane tomorrow and we’re told there is a long list of folks waiting to give her the life she deserves. At the time of the interview, Connie’s foster said five puppies had also been found with Connie inside the storage container. However, there seemed to be some miscommunication as the Coast Guard said Connie was alone inside. What a pawtastic rescue! Do you have a rescue dog or cat? Upload your photos to click2pins.com. MJ says she’s hungry…guess I’ll get up now… Jan 22, 20240HoustonCopyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved TV Listings Email Newsletters RSS Feeds Contests and Rules Contact Us Meet the Team Careers at KPRC Closed Captioning / Audio Description Public File Current EEO Report Terms of Use Privacy Policy Do Not Sell My Info FCC Applications Copyright © 2025 Click2Houston.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group, a division of Graham Holdings. aluminum and plasticImage: Nadine Michollek/DWAdvertisementA glass jar filled with fine-grained black powder that slides along the walls of the jar shining as factory lights fall on it as I roll the jar in my hand I am at an EV battery recycling plant run by Duesenfeld in northern Germany's Wendeburg, just outside Hanover Wendeburg is a quiet town with many typical German half-timbered houses with front gardens surrounded by forests and fields.   It's here in this small German town that Duesenfeld is researching how to make EV battery recycling profitable The European Union, which is betting big on electric vehicles to combat climate change, is planning to build dozens of massive EV battery plants, so-called gigafactories, over the next decade. However, the bloc is almost entirely dependent on imports for the key raw materials that go into making batteries leaving it highly vulnerable to supply-chain shocks Recycling could not only help the EU reduce its reliance on imported materials but also make the batteries more environmentally friendly The 27-nation bloc is even setting up mandatory minimum levels of recycled metals in new EV batteries. including carmakers such as Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz and Swedish battery maker Northvolt are investing in battery recycling as part of efforts to make it economically viable Mercedes-Benz is currently building a pilot plant for EV battery recycling in Kuppenheim, in southwestern Germany, which is expected to be operational by mid-2024.   a member of the board of Mercedes-Benz Group told DW that he sees the recycling process as a "mine of tomorrow."  having a sustainable process — that's all a strategic component for us," he said The catch is that the process is still too expensive for many companies Burzer couldn't say when exactly their recycling process would pay off.   claimed that its recycling process is already profitable. Julius Schumacher An employee in a black overall stands in the middle of blue and red cables The discharge area is separated by yellow and black barrier tape EV batteries are dangerous due to their high energy density.  The worker connects one cable after another to deeply discharge the briefcase-sized batteries.  Another employee pushes the discharged batteries onto a production line leading up to a shredder Shredding is usually the tricky part. EV batteries are highly flammable Most recyclers use one of two methods: The materials are either separated using a thermal treatment Duesenfeld uses the latter: Shredding in a nitrogen atmosphere to prevent the batteries from igniting.  the batteries are dried at low temperatures in a vacuum. It's essentially the same effect as on a high mountain: Water boils at a temperature below 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit) because the external pressure is lower.  which works as a conductor inside the battery, evaporates and is contained Schumacher pointed down to a glass pipe with a transparent liquid this method could still produce toxic gases Schumacher said Duesenfeld shreds the batteries at extremely low temperatures "and we deep discharge the batteries before shredding them The combination of these two elements means that no toxic gases can be produced."  He said the company's recycling process is carbon neutral raising his voice to drown out the machines, "Reducing CO2 emissions also means reducing production costs."  Duesenfeld won the German Sustainability Award for 2024 which honors pioneers of sustainability in the German economy.  separating the different materials from the shredded batteries: copper plastic and the precious black mass that contains the valuable battery metals The black mass is then put through a chemical process called hydrometallurgy to separate lithium Schumacher hands me a small glass jar filled with something resembling icing sugar a precious metal the EU needs to meet its EV goals China is the world's biggest EV producer and market It's also a leader in battery recycling.     China's EV battery recycling market is about 10 times larger than the EU's Christoph Neef, a scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research in Germany China, a major producer and processor of key battery raw materials like lithium and graphite, could replace lithium obtained by mining with recycled lithium in EV batteries from 2059 onward, according to a study by the University of Münster in Germany.  By comparison, Europe and the US are expected to reach that milestone only after 2070. As far as nickel is concerned China can probably meet demand through recycling in 2046 at the earliest with Europe following in 2058 and the US from 2064 onward up from currently about 50 kilotons of spent batteries that are recycled annually as a large number of automotive batteries reach their end of life which produced its first EV battery cell with 100% recycled nickel plans to increase its capacities in Europe and is targeting approximately 70,000 tons of battery packs by 2025 and 300,000 tons of battery packs by 2030 "The EU started early with activities to control and scale the recycling process," Neef said the EU can definitely catch up in recycling."   It's not yet clear which recycling method will prevail but the Fraunhofer Institute study ranks the method like the one used at the Duesenfeld plant — a mechanical process combined with hydrometallurgy — as the most promising so far.  A second life for e-car batteriesTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Texas A&M University-Texarkana recently announced the students who received academic honors for their coursework during the fall 2023 semester Scholastic honors are awarded to undergraduate students who enroll in a minimum of 9 semester hours during a fall or spring semester and compile a grade point average between 3.5 and 4.0 for the term President’s Honors are awarded to students who achieve a 4.00 grade point average for the semester University Honors are awarded for students whose semester grade point average falls between 3.50 and 3.99 A total of 566 students earned academic honors during the fall 2023 term Students who earned President’s Honors (4.00) for the fall 2023 semester are: Sebastian Romanos Garzon The students who earned University Honors (3.5-3.99) included Andrea Barcenas A Sungold filly and Floriscount colt became the winners of the Foal Selection Show at Hof Kasselmann in Hagen Eight fillies and ten colts qualified for the 2011 German Foal Championships held in Lienen The champion filly was a Sungold x Davignon offspring This talented young mare scored 81,5 points and left a Fidertanz x Sandro Hit filly behind her She is bred by Frank 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