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Estonian PPP GoSwift wins global Transport Award for smart border crossing point service; traffic queue management

Green Car Congress

The environment has benefitted both locally in terms of less waste, reduced noise and fewer exhaust fumes, as well as globally through less CO 2 emissions from idling vehicles. ITF’s Annual Summit is the world’s largest gathering of transport ministers and the leading global platform for dialogue on transport policy.

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Elon Musk has provided 12,000 Starlink dishes to Ukraine

Teslarati

The 1994 agreement ensured that the sovereignty and national borders of Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan would be respected. Starlink has also allowed people to communicate with family globally and helped the Ukrainian government continue to function. Ukraine destroyed the rest of the weapons.

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UNECE to align heavy-duty vehicle engine emissions requirements with Euro VI

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Some of these pollutants are contributing to global warming via their greenhouse gas effect (methane’s Global Warming Potential for a 100-year time horizon is 21 times higher than CO 2 ), while others have adverse effects on human health.

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European consortium investigating graphene-based materials for lightweight cars; energy-efficient and safe vehicles

Green Car Congress

The global automotive industry is currently facing great challenges, such as CO 2 emissions and safety issues. The 66 new partners come from 19 countries, six of which are new to the consortium: Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary and Israel.

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Ukraine Scrubbing Nuclear Agencies of Russian Influence

Cars That Think

The silence and inaction of the international nuclear community paves the way to World War III, to a global nuclear disaster, and the collapse of energy systems.” They could still attack the Rivne nuclear plant, the largest under Ukraine’s control, which is just 60 kilometers from the Belarus border.

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Covert Actions Heighten Ukraine’s Nuclear Peril

Cars That Think

Then Kotin gave contradictory answers when asked why he recently dismissed the director of the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant, which lies just under 60 kilometers from Belarus and is the largest still under Ukraine’s control. Derkach gained global notoriety delivering alleged kompromat on U.S. His whereabouts since the invasion are unknown.

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What Part Do EVs Play in the Federal Net-Zero Emissions Target?

Clean Fleet Report

In 2016, nearly 200 countries ratified the Paris Agreement, an international treaty to reduce emissions and slow global warming. For example, Poland, Belarus and Serbia have committed to 2030 net-zero emissions to increase sustainability. These climate accords call for a 43% decline in emissions by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050.