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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

Cars That Think

Having these [stations] in place will help fight climate change.” The London Stock Exchange identified GVE as one of the fastest-growing private companies in Africa in 2019. Perhaps I would have been an engineer working in either Chevron , Shell, or ExxonMobil today.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Dr. Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. By the time REFF West occurred in October 2008 the climate had changed dramatically. The LIBOR is the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate and is an industry benchmark interest rate.

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When You See Something, Say Something: Climate Emergency Alarm Bells Ringing While Local Electeds Pretend Not To Hear

Creative Greenius

Just four months ago, in October, the UN’s IPCC Climate Report gave us, at best, 12 years to take bold and drastic action in cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions if we want to limit the level of already baked-in climate catastrophe. In 2019 alone more easy-to-connect climate crisis dots have made worldwide news: .

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