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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.

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Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

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Critics say that pursuing the technology is a dangerous distraction from the more essential task of rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. record levels , mostly because of the coal, oil, and natural gas that gets burned for electricity, heat, and transportation. cancel the launch. about 0.6 °C.

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How Will EV Charging Powered by Renewable Energy Create a Greener World

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Renewables provide a less expensive and eco-friendly energy source as a means to handle the growing pressure on the grid caused by multiple factors including extreme temperature fluctuations driving up demand for more electric heating and cooling. For solar, individual photovoltaic cells transform sunlight directly into electricity.