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Cellulosic biogasoline company Cool Planet completes second close of D Round, raises another $19.4M; $60M total

Green Car Congress

The round added investors from Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Mexico to the existing investor base, including North Bridge Venture Partners, Shea Ventures, BP, Google Ventures, Energy Technology Ventures (GE, ConocoPhillips, NRG Energy), and the Constellation division of Exelon.

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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

Plug Me In

It took me 17 days to reach the United Arab Emirates, and my route went through fascinating places like the Kurdish region of Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. I took a screenshot and uploaded it to Google Images, and immediately Google knew this place was Ben Amera. And it was a few hundred kilometres west of Atar.