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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.

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Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

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The proposal calls for what’s known as “solar geoengineering”: cooling the planet by deflecting sunlight that would otherwise strike the planet. Little is known about how, or whether, solar geoengineering might work and how the particles would react and move in the stratosphere. Concentrations of greenhouse gases are at.

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How Will EV Charging Powered by Renewable Energy Create a Greener World

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Renewable energy was the main source of energy before the discovery of oil, coal, and natural gas. The tectonic-plate-related power is generated most in Iceland, El Salvador, New Zealand, Kenya, and the Philippines. Solar and wind are the easiest to locate, scale, and convert to energy. Renewables Depending on the Weather.