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A Bamboo Carbon Filter for Diesels Could Reduce Emissions

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Looking to make replacement filters more environmentally friendly and affordable, a team of engineering students from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology , in Dhaka, designed a carbon-based version with bamboo. The filters can cost thousands of dollars to replace, however, because they’re made with precious metals.

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8 development banks commit to provide more than $175B to scale up support for sustainable transport

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and seven other multilateral development banks (MDBs) are committing to provide more than $175 billion of loans and grants for transport in developing countries over the next decade. Sustainable transport solutions are available. —ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda.