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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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Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

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The global geothermal industry surpassed 12,000 MW of geothermal power operational, with about 600 MW of new geothermal power coming online globally, according to a year-end update by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). New project announcements have increased the resource under development to about 30,000 MW.

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Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

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The annual assessment of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the JRC and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) confirms that CO 2 emissions have stalled for the third year in a row. Emissions from international transport (aviation and shipping) contribute another 3% to the total global GHG emissions.

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AIDA servicing evolving needs of the auto industry | Autocar Professional

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Since 1917, AIDA has led the metal-forming industry as the well-known manufacturer of metal-forming systems, particularly servo and mechanical presses for various applications in the global automotive and component industries, including OEMs and Tier 1 to Tier 3 suppliers. AIDA specialises in metal forming equipment for the industry.

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USDA approves corn amylase trait for Enogen; first approved genetically modified trait for ethanol industry

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This is the first genetically modified output trait in corn for the ethanol industry. Enogen corn also reduces the energy and water consumed in the production process while substantially reducing carbon emissions. Syngenta has received full deregulation for its corn amylase trait from the US. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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France’s IFPEN studying industrial potential of onshore sources of natural hydrogen

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IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) has become one of the first global research centers actively to investigate onshore natural hydrogen emissions after the discovery of offshore sources of the gas in the 1970s. Initial exploratory work has already shown that continuous onshore natural H 2 emissions occur frequently. 15, EGU2013-5553.

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Pilot Project Sends Kelp–and Carbon–to the Seafloor

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Last January, in the waters off Cebu City in the Philippines, researchers first deployed a huge flexible ring seeded with seaweed and spanned by spokelike ropes and tubes. But the seaweed industry is collapsing as climate change warms the upper layers of the ocean, preventing nutrient-rich waters from rising from the depths.

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