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First China-developed hydrogen fuel cell locomotive starts trial runs

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The first China-developed hydrogen fuel cell hybrid locomotive—from core power to main components—has started trial runs on a 627 km railway line for coal transport in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Source: Xinhua. and the Hydrogen Energy Co., and the Hydrogen Energy Co.,

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Aquatech awarded a Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) contract for a major Chinese coal-to-chemicals project

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Water purification technology company Aquatech has been awarded a contract for a Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) plant for a coal-to-chemicals facility in Hailer in Inner Mongolia. The plant will treat 2400 m 3 /day (634,000 gallons US/day) of wastewater and reuse 92.5%

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NOAA: Warmest April Global Temperature on Record; Also Warmest January-April

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Global temperature anomalies in April 2010 with respect to a 1971-2000 base period. Cooler-than-normal places included Mongolia, Argentina, far eastern Russia, the western contiguous United States and most of China. below the 1979-2000 average extent and the 15 th smallest April extent since records began in 1979. Source: NOAA.

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Saab Automobile enters agreement with Hawtai Motor Group on strategic partnership

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Founded in 2000, Hawtai is a China-based privately-owned automotive company with its headquarters and R&D center located in Beijing, and two production facilities located in Ordos, Inner Mongolia and Rongcheng, Shandong Province. —Richard Zhang, Vice President of Hawtai.

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Study finds unprecedented urbanization and urban expansion in East-Southeast Asia from 2000 to 2010

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The study reveals that between 2000 and 2010, the population of East-Southeast Asia grew by 231 million people; if this were the population of a single country, it would be the fifth most populous country in the world. 2015) “A new urban landscape in East–Southeast Asia, 2000–2010” Environ. —Professor Schneider. Resources.

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JPL study finds Earths largest lakes warming due to climate change

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Satellite data have the potential to provide a continuous worldwide record of surface temperatures of inland water bodies extending back to the early 1980s.These sensors have been used to determine changes in global ocean surface temperature from 1985 to 2000 with trends between 0.009 °C yr -1 and 0.018 °C yr -1 but only.