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India aims to become 100% e-vehicle nation by 2030: Piyush Goyal
2016-04-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
India Times: The government is working on a scheme to provide electric cars on zero down payment for which people can pay out of their savings on expensive fossil fuels, for becoming 100 per cent electric vehicle nation by 2030. "India can become the first country of its size which will run 100 per cent of electric vehicles. We are trying to make this programme self financing. "We don't need one rupee support from the government. We don't need one rupee investment from the people of India," Power Minister...
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Harris Corporation Awarded $17M Order To Supply Tactical Radios to Middle East Nation
2016-04-01 09:03:32| rfglobalnet Home Page
Harris Corporation has received a $17M order to supply Falcon III multiband networking radios to a nation in the Middle East as part of a tactical communications modernization program.
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By rejecting $1bn for pipeline, a First Nation put Trudeau climate plan on trial
2016-03-20 19:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Everything has a price. Everyone can be bought. We assume this principle is endemic to modern life -- and that accepting it is most obvious to the impoverished. Except all over the world, people are defying it for a greater cause. That courage may be even more contagious. It has been in full supply in north-west Canada, where an oil giant is aiming to construct one of countrys biggest fossil fuel developments: a pipeline to ship liquified natural gas (LNG) out of British Colombia. To export it...
Leonardo DiCaprio gives $1 million to help island nation protect its oceans
2016-03-19 13:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: From Shutter Island to Manatee Island, Leonardo DiCaprio keeps winning our hearts - and our climate-inclined minds. The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation recently granted $1 million to help the Seychelles islands protect their ocean territory - which makes up 99 percent of the country. It`s part of a huge, unprecedented swap between the Pacific Island nation and foreign investor groups. The gist of the deal: The country of 115 tiny islands commits to protecting 154,000 square miles of its surrounding...
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Oregons first in the nation anti-coal law: The pros and cons
2016-03-12 10:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Oregon aims to phase out the the reliance on coal fired plants by 2030. Gov. Kate Brown signed into law legislation that would eliminate coal-generated energy, making Oregon the first state to do so. Backed by two of the largest energy companies in the state, the law requires utilities to source half of the energy from renewables such as solar and wind by 2040, the Associated Press reported. "Knowing how important it is to Oregonians to act on climate change, a wide range of stakeholders came...
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