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Ford Sustainability Report details pilot program in South Africa to deliver health care, education

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A new Ford Motor Company pilot program aims to enhance mobility health services in rural areas of South Africa and Nigeria. Two modified Ford Rangers will work as mobile clinics to deliver health services, dispense medication for chronic conditions, and monitor the growth of children in South Africa. Earlier post.).

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Volkswagen opens IT Center in the Gläserne Manufaktur in Dresden; Volkswagen Industrial Cloud

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In the future, the Industrial Cloud will link all 122 Group-wide Volkswagen production facilities. The opening of the SDC also signifies a further step forward for the Gläserne Manufaktur towards becoming a high-tech site and a Center of Future Mobility. The Industrial Cloud is being established together with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

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Source: University of Leicester. Source: University of Leicester. Cooper, from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, chairs the TOAR Steering Committee and has been working to develop the assessment since 2014. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Owen Cooper.

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NSF Awards Rutgers $7.6M for Sustainable Energy Development, Graduate Education

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Rutgers University two grants worth $6.4 The foundation also has awarded the university up to $1.25 Lam and his colleagues will collaborate with University of Puerto Rico and two historically black universities, Virginia Union University and Delaware State University.

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Anglo American Platinum invests in Hydrogenious Technologies; liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology for H2 storage

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South Africa-based Anglo American Platinum , the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), has invested in the first close of the Series A financing round of Hydrogenious Technologies, a company developing liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) hydrogen storage technology. Click to enlarge. 2012.08.066.

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Global billionaires unite in “Breakthrough energy coalition” to support development of zero-carbon energy

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However, the partners note, in the current business environment, the risk-reward balance for early-stage investing in potentially transformative energy systems is unlikely to meet the market tests of traditional angel or VC investors. Patrice Motsepe, Founder and Executive Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), South Africa.

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WHO report urges greater attention to improved land use, rapid transit, cycling and walking to achieve health co-benefits from transport GHG emissions mitigation

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Carlos Dora of WHO’s Department of Public Health and Environment. Strengthened land-use/transport planning, codes and enforcement; for example, ensuring universal access to safe cycling and pedestrian routes and to rapid transit/public transport for basic routines.