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Karsan unveiling “Buy America” CNG bus at UTIP World Global Transport Summit

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Turkey-based Karsan will introduce its first “Buy America” compliant vehicle at the upcoming UITP World Global Transport Summit, 15-17 May at Palais des Congrès de Montréal, QC Canada. In November 2016, Karsan was selected to deliver prototypes under the US Postal Service’s Next Generation Delivery Vehicle Testing Process.

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Ports of Auckland buys world’s first electric tug; 70-tonne bollard pull

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Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) has signed a contract with Dutch company Damen Shipyards to buy the world’s first full-size, fully electric port tug. Ports of Auckland first started looking for a battery-powered tug in 2016. —Tony Gibson, CEO of Ports of Auckland.

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The Richer They Get, the More Meat They Eat

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We are told that “much of the world is trending towards plant-based eating,” and it is expected that the global demand for that diet will nearly quintuple between 2016 and 2026. This was as you would expect, because as people get richer they can buy more of the food they really want.

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Nuclear Energy Brinkmanship in Ukraine

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That’s because stopping would cool off the operating reactors, buying the beleaguered operators time to avert nuclear meltdowns if, say, shelling sparks a station-wide blackout. Sergey Kiriyenko, the Kremlin’s point man for Russian-occupied Ukraine, led Rosatom from 2005 to 2016. Not surprisingly, Russia rejected that call.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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However, the report warns that while it may “buy some time”, it reduces the incentive for investment in lower carbon technologies such as nuclear and renewables, and could lock in emerging economies with high energy demand to a dependence on fossil fuels. Other G20 (Australia, Korea, EU, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Argentina).