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Asian Development Bank providing $300M towards replacing 100K gasoline trikes with E-Trikes in the Philippines; $300M for major road upgrades in Chhattisgarh, India

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing $300 million towards a project that will replace 100,000 gasoline-burning tricycles in the Philippines with electric tricycles, or E-Trikes. Without intervention, the Philippines is on a course to almost quadruple CO 2 emissions in less than 25 years, the ADB said. million.

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INTERCARGO frustrated over lack of action on nickel ore shipping safety in wake of missing Nur Allya; possible liquefaction

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With no word on the fate of the missing crew of 25, INTERCARGO, the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners, expressed its concern for the missing crew and its “ utmost concern and dismay for any responsible parties that might have contributed to this potential tragic loss of 25 lives ” which may prove due to cargo liquefaction.

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HALO research aircraft measuring the emissions of megacities in EmeRGe project

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The University of Bremen is the scientific base of the international project known as EMeRGe (Effect of Megacities on the transport and transformation of pollutants on the Regional and Global scales). Ground measurements are being taken in China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, the Philippines and Thailand, for example.

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Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

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That idea didn’t advance, but in 2017, Keith became faculty director of Harvard’s. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine called for developing “international governance mechanisms” and global scientific partnerships to ensure solar-geoengineering research moves forward in a “socially responsible manner.” about 0.6

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DOE fuel cell market report shows continued growth, with sales surpassing $1.3B worldwide in 2013

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Many automakers anticipate commercialization by 2017. Deployments and orders for fuel cells for telecommunications backup expanded into the Middle East, China, the Philippines, and other international markets. This work is in addition to the RD&D and commercialization plans of the individual companies involved. Earlier post.).

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