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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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To introduce biodiversity teaching materials in Bangladesh's elementary curriculum with the intention to raise public awareness. Supporting local communities, biodiversity conservation, and watershed conservation through reforestation in West Java. Conservation International Japan. Japan Environmental Education Forum.

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HEI: 95%+ of world’s population live in areas of unhealthy air

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China has made initial progress, beginning to achieve air pollution declines; in contrast, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India have experienced the steepest increases in air pollution levels since 2010. Transportation was a distant 7 th.

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UN Environment report says national GHG pledges only bring one-third of reductions needed for Paris Agreement

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In early 2017, an additional 273 GW of coal-fired capacity was under construction and 570 GW in pre-construction. Ten countries make up approximately 85% of the entire coal pipeline: China, India, Turkey, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, Egypt, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Republic of Korea.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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He was honored for his contributions with the 2017 IEEE Canada Presidents’ Make-a-Difference Award. In 1969 he was tasked with helping to build transmission lines in Bangladesh that connected the country’s eastern and western electrical grids. He served as vice chair of the program’s committee.

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