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In India, government aid helps carmakers go green and cheap to fight smog crisis
2016-01-31 23:10:43| Automakers - Topix.net
Carmakers are gearing up to launch affordable hybrid and electric cars for India in the next few years, executives said, lured by government incentives for fuel-efficient vehicles as the country accelerates efforts to cut worsening air pollution. As the industry descends on smog-bound New Delhi for India's biggest car show, starting Wednesday, foreign firms like Toyota Motor Corp will join domestic players like Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra in displaying green cars designed to reel in potential buyers.
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In India, government aid helps carmakers go green and cheap to fight smog crisis
2016-01-31 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Carmakers are gearing up to launch affordable hybrid and electric cars for India in the next few years, executives said, lured by government incentives for fuel-efficient vehicles as the country accelerates efforts to cut worsening air pollution. As the industry descends on smog-bound New Delhi for India's biggest car show, starting Wednesday, foreign firms like Toyota Motor Corp will join domestic players like Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra in displaying green cars designed to reel in potential...
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Agriculture Ministry looking at possible solution to Appleton Estate crisis
2016-01-29 13:04:01| Sugar Industry News
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Donovan Stanberry, says the ministry is looking at alternative sites for the processing of sugarcanes which were to be sent to the Appleton Sugar Estate in St Elizabeth.
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Kenyan MPs 'conspire to kill' sugar crisis report
2016-01-29 13:04:01| Sugar Industry News
Legislators are yet to debate the report on the crisis in the sugar industry, one year after it was completed.
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Typhoid hits Harare, as water crisis fuels fears of new epidemics
2016-01-29 05:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Health officials in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, have detected several cases of typhoid fever in the past week, adding to fears that a water crisis will fuel the spread of infectious diseases. The city's health director, Prosper Chonzi, said six cases of typhoid had been confirmed, with more expected to emerge. "The conditions on the ground - frequent water cuts and poor sanitation - are conducive to a typhoid outbreak," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Last year, more than 40 people...
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