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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. million.

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BioJet International and Abundant Biofuels merging

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BioJet International Ltd. BioJet is an international supply chain integrator in renewable (bio) jet fuel and related co-products which include green diesel, etc. The company is known for its Philippine Jatropha project, one of the largest projects of this type in the world. for the aviation and transportation sectors.

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Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

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The international geothermal power industry is poised to place between 500 and 1,000 MW on line per year for the rest of the decade, said GEA. New geothermal power came on line in Kenya, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Turkey, and Mexico, as well as Oregon, Nevada and Utah in the United States. Ormat Technologies, and AltaRock Energy.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

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Last week, 37 electric vehicle (EV) driver associations from 26 countries, including Plug In America, joined forces to create the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance, building a worldwide EV community. The Alliance released this video to promote awareness of the Alliance. “We We hope to see other countries join us!

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Southeast Asia market will become a competitive place for Chinese and Japanese car companies

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Malaysia’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) has recently announced that nearly 700 of the country’s previously set goal of completing 10,000 public charging posts for electric vehicles by 2025 have already been built. That is an unexplored continent that needs to be tapped.

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The Marimba Virtuoso’s Desktop Planetarium

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government committed US $9 million to help build a NASA-themed science exhibit at the Seattle World’s Fair. He built the prototype in 1958 during the International Geophysical Year. He made innovations in grips, mallets, and techniques, and he held more than 40 international patents on musical instruments. The name stuck.

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Report Finds That Urgent Changes in Transport Financing Required to Enable More Sustainable Transportation Globally

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A key change will need to take place in how the costs of transport are internalized, as the wider costs to society arising from road accidents, poor health, social impacts and environmental degradation, often described as the ‘external' costs, are currently excluded from the price that transport users confront.