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Worldwatch: Fossil fuel subsidies continue to outweigh those for renewable energy; international pledges on reform unfulfilled

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Although independent reporting on these subsidies has increased, global efforts to move forward with subsidy reform have been hindered by a variety of causes, leaving international pledges unfulfilled. of the GDP for 2011–12, according to the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Global Subsidies Initiative ( GSI ).

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Shift to electric vehicles opens up ?3-lakh-crore opportunity: CRISIL

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CRISIL analysis says the shift from vehicles with internal combustion engines to electric vehicles presents an estimated 3-lakh-crore opportunity for manufacturers of components, financiers, insurers, and shared mobility players, among other stakeholders in India, over the next five years. essential in it is a potential revenue of about ?1.5

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Why communication is key to accelerating electrification

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Overcoming misconceptions It’s fair to say that these statistics don’t show the whole story and the headline grabbing highlights should be taken with a fairly large pinch of salt. While you may expect this investment to hit your finances hard, in reality EVs are far more affordable than the anti-electrification crowd would have you believe.

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Opinion: Oil Market ShowdownCan Russia Outlast The Saudis?

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and China markets, while the Russian Finance Ministry recently backed away from a tax proposal which Russian crude producers said would reduce their output. The Finance Ministry sought a change in the mineral extraction tax formula to generate an additional 609 billion rubles in 2015 and 1.6

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Big Data Could Accelerate Drug Approvals

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The analytics programs use machine learning, statistical modeling, natural language processing, predictive modeling, and related techniques to evaluate information. Ménard and other drug-company quality leads and quality data scientists say advanced analytics could help speed up the QA process. An overview of the findings is now available.

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CEC report sets out North American plan for change and investment to achieve sustainable freight transportation

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—“Destination Sustainability” The report identifies seven challenges to achieving more–environmentally sustainable freight transportation in North America: Lack of internalization of external costs of freight transportation. Inadequate coordination among North American transportation agencies. Supply Chain Management.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Even a casual glance at the IMF’s World Economic Outlook statistics for Russia shows the tight correlation since 1992 between GDP growth on the one hand and oil and gas output, exports, and prices on the other (economic series available here ). Dalan McEndree has a BA in history, MA in European History, M.Phil.

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