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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

Cars That Think

s International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports 225,455 arrivals in 2014, and by 2019, numbers were below 125,000. Satellite phones emit signals that are detectable from space: In 2019, Frontex issued a. In 2019, human rights lawyers. But that was an unusual year. million people. Sipa USA via AP. The present E.U.

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

Moving to zero emissions vehicles, as the cliche goes, is the low hanging fruit in New Zealand’s fight against climate change. There needs to be a massive uptake in active and public transport, as well as the provision of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), changes to urban development, and the way we work. Download PDF.

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US advances review of Nevada lithium mine amid concerns over endangered wildflower – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Environmentalists vowing to fight the mine say it’s the latest example of the administration running roughshod over US protections for native wildlife and rare species in the name of slowing climate change by reducing reliance on fossil fuels and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

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