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The Seychelles Public Transport Corporation is Getting 22 Electric Buses!

CleanTechnica EVs

The Seychelles Public Transport Corporation operates a fleet of about 250 buses of different types. The Seychelles Nation newspaper reports that the Seychelles Public Transport Corporation’s (SPTC) fleet replacement policy stipulates that buses can only be kept in […]. They have 28-, 38-, and 52-seater buses.

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Seychelles Really Should Push To Become The Norway of Africa & Lead In EV Adoption

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Norway leads the world in terms of EV market share for new car sales. Last month, plug-in electric vehicles took 89.3% share of the auto market. Electric cars are now so mainstream in Norway that Tesla’s Model Y recently beat a 53-year-old sales record. In 1969, 16,699 Volkswagen Beetles were sold in Norway. No vehicle […].

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Utilising the potential of citizen science to tackle marine litter

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Volunteer clean-ups have resulted in almost nine tonnes of marine litter being cleared from beaches across the Seychelles. Read more here. The post Utilising the potential of citizen science to tackle marine litter appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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Low scores on the EPI are indicative of the need for national sustainability efforts on a number of fronts, especially cleaning up air quality, protecting biodiversity, and reducing GHG emissions, said the researchers. Sustainability outcomes among emerging economies remains highly variable.

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