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Autonomous electric vehicles begin operation on Dutch roads

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pThe Netherlands has received its first lot of selfdriving electric vehicles for public transportp

pThe electric shuttle named ldquoWEpodrdquo The Telegraph reports will take passengers between the Wageningen and Ede towns in the province of Gelderland beginning...

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India Africa to focus on solar at IndiaAfrica Forum Summit

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pIndia Africa to focus on solar at IndiaAfrica Forum Summitp

pIANS reports that climate change would be in focus at the IndiaAfrica Forum Summit here this October with India proposing that the 54 African countries join a Solar Group of nations to tap the sunrsquos rays...

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World urged to make clean energy cheaper than coal

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pTop environmental advocates on Wednesday urged the international community to increase and coordinate investments in research and development for renewable energy to make it cheaper than coal within 10 yearsp

pquotA sensible approach to tackling climate change will...

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Nuclear fusion could work but only if we cough up some money

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pThis December world leaders will gather in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference where they will attempt ndash yet again ndash to hammer out a global agreement to reduce greenhousegas emissions Despite the inevitable sense of deacutejagrave vu that will...

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Investing In LowCarbon Cities Could Save 17 Trillion By 2050

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pNew research suggests that by investing in lowcarbon infrastructure including transport building efficiency and waste management cities could save 17 trillion by 2050 while also reducing greenhouse gas GHG emissions by 37 gigatons of CO2 per year by 2030p

pThe...

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Bangladesh delegation in Tirupur

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pA delegation of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association visited two common effluent treatment plants CETPs in the knitwear hub of Tirupur this morning to study the ZLD zero liquid discharge and understand how it can be implemented in the neighbouring...

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Subject Tags: International , Textile , water

Europe fails on electronics recycling goals

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pOnly a third of Europe39s electronic waste is properly recycled with vast numbers of cellphones computers and televisions illegally traded or dumped a study led by the United Nations and INTERPOL said on Sundayp

pSweden and Norway were close to European targets of...

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India Korea plan 10 billion energy park in Iran

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pA consortium of Iranian Indian and South Korean companies seeks to set up an energy park in Iranrsquos Khuzestan province in a project worth 10 billion including generation of 1000 megawatts of solar power the IRNA news agency saysp

pEnterprise Company has also...

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Indonesia reveals draft climate offer for 2030

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pIndonesia the worldrsquos tenth biggest emitter has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 29 below businessasusual projections in 2030p

pThe Asian country could broaden the target to 41 with international support newswire Carbon Pulse reported on Wednesday...

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Startup lessons that India can learn from Israel

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pIf Prime Minister Narendra Modi39s Independence Day dream of India succeeding as 39startup39 country has to kick start there is a lot to learn from the original 39startup nation39 Israel The tiny country of Israel mushrooms almost two new startup companies every day and...

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Subject Tags: IBM , india , International , policy