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Omnitek Awarded License to Convert Diesel Engines to Operate on Natural Gas in Peru

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Omnitek Engineering Corporation has been granted a license from the government of Peru to perform diesel-to-natural-gas conversions in the country. There are an estimated 500,000 heavy-duty engines in Peru that could be potentially converted to operate on natural gas, he said. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Caterpillar Foundation awards $12.5M grant to World Resources Institute (WRI) for sustainable cities initiative; focus on key urban centers in China, India and Brazil

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million grant to the World Resources Institute (WRI) to advance the progress of environmentally sustainable and livable cities in China, India, and Brazil. The Caterpillar Foundation is awarding a $12.5

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Tesla shareholder’s legal team adjusts demand to $1.44 billion in fees for Musk pay case

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For their work in the case, Tornetta’s legal team argued that they should be granted 29.4 million legal fee argument, and while the attorneys still argued that the court should strongly consider granting them over 29 million TSLA shares as payment, they noted that the Court could go for a cash-based alternative structure instead.

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Street network patterns reveal global trend towards increasing urban sprawl

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Gridded street networks, on the other hand, promote efficient, dense urban form in Bolivia, Argentina and Peru. This study received financial support from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Hellman Fellows Program and a UC Santa Cruz Faculty Research Grant. 1905232116. 0223078.

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Starlink seeking regulatory clearance for international cellular service trials

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SpaceX has executed spectrum access arrangements with mobile partners around the world, granting SpaceX permissions to use agreed upon ranges of its mobile partner’s licensed spectrum for SCS operations in their licensed areas in these international jurisdictions,” SpaceX’s FCC filing read.

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UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

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Military personnel from Colombia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Republic of Philippines, Thailand, Tonga and the United Kingdom will also participate. Simultaneously, we are building the plant in Hawaii with the help of the DOE grant.

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How U.S.A.I.D. Affects National Parks and Conservation Worldwide

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One of the habitats being developed encompasses the Ciudad Perdida , older than Machu Picchu in Peru, in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta range. grants trained nearly 470 rangers, provided veterinary care and ran local youth education and meals programs. The five-year, $40 million program, entirely funded by U.S.A.I.D.,