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Denmark, Norway, and US to lead Zero-Emission Shipping Mission

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The Mission will also be supported by the governments of India, Morocco, the UK, Singapore, France, Ghana, and South Korea. The Mission aims to accelerate international public-private collaboration to scale and deploy new green maritime solutions, setting international shipping on an ambitious zero-emission course.

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Piedmont Lithium selects Tennessee for second lithium hydroxide project; 30,000 metric tons per year

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2024: Ghana Project—spodumene concentrate; preliminary feasibility study (PFS) Q3 2022. 2025: Tennessee Lithium—lithium hydroxide production from Ghana and/or NAL concentrate. 2026: Carolina Lithium—integrated spodumene concentrate and lithium hydroxide production.

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The Wuling HongGuang Mini EV Lights Up The Exhibition At Ghana’s 1st E-Mobility Conference

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Last Friday, Ghana held its 1st E-Mobility Conference and Exhibition. The conference was organised as part of Ghana’s “Drive Electric Initiative” (DEI-Gh). Ghana’s Drive Electric Initiative aims: To drive the utilisation of Ghana’s excess electricity supply. The Drive Electric Initiative was launched in October 2019.

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“Made In Ghana” E-Cargo Bikes Programme Plans To Accelerate Climate-Friendly Mobility Solutions & Employment Opportunities

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The transition to electric mobility is now well underway in a lot of countries around the world. There has been significant progress in the electric bus, electric car, electric scooter & motorcycle, and electric bicycle sectors over the past decade. There is also now some significant traction in various areas on the African continent.

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Paving The Way For “Made In Ghana” E-Mobility Solutions

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The transition to electric mobility is now well underway around the world. In China, for example, the world’s largest vehicle market, fully electric car sales had 26% share of auto sales in September, and 35% had a plug. We see that the European EV market is also heating up. In Europe, fully electric car sales […].

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UNEP: export of used cars to developing world creating significant environmental problems

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Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the United States and Japan to the developing world are of poor quality, contributing significantly to air pollution and hindering efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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This year’s theme will be “Biodiversity Conservation” or “Climate Change”. Climate Change. Joint biodiversity conservation activities with cocoa farmers in Ghana. Climate Change. Ube Network for Climate Change Actions. Project Description. Organization. Outside Japan. Car Free Day Japan. Biodiversity Conservation.

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