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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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Overall, declining costs for solar and wind played a considerable factor in the fall in absolute dollar investment in emerging economies. Of that total, the large majority came from private sources of capital, such as international project developers, commercial banks, and private equity funds. billion and $2.7 billion in 2018.

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Her team created a suite of low-cost medical devices, the NEST360 newborn tool kit, to improve neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa. Their CPAP machine was commercialized in 2014 and is now being used in more than 35 countries. But that tool helped with only one health issue newborns might face, she says.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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This is partially due to the cost of EVs in these countries, but also with a relative lack of charging infrastructure. State-level commercial EV infrastructure incentives are also available to businesses to help make up the shortfall of EV charging infrastructure in the US.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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In general, the commercial quality timber stand is young, healthy, and vigorously growing. The new non-erosive structure cost about $400,000. Next is the baseline or business-as-usual carbon storage; i.e., the repeated logging of the forest with no other considerations that commercial. Click to enlarge. Carbon offsets.

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