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MIT study: people globally follow a “visitation law”; inverse relationship between distance and frequency of visits

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A new paper by an MIT team and colleagues in Singapore, China, Italy and Denmark, drawing on global data, finds that people visit places more frequently when they have to travel shorter distances to get there. In some cases, the researchers defined areas visited by using grid spaces as small as 500 square meters.

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UTM Offshore signs FEED agreement for Nigeria’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility

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With factors such as the Russian-Ukraine war, increases in energy demand and global energy transition-related policies fueling the energy crisis at global scale, the AEC strongly believes African gas has a huge role to play in liberating global economies and the global energy market.

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IISD Releases Five-Part Series of Reports on Removing Fossil Fuel Subsidies

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The International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Geneva-based Global Subsidies Initiative ( GSI ) has issued a five-part series of reports into how nations might remove fossil-fuel subsidies, on the eve of a meeting of G20 finance ministers in Washington this week. in total by 2010 to 0.7% per year to 2050.

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The Grand Tour's "Sand Job," Nothing to See Here, I'm Afraid

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The challenge is to create a rally raid car and then sorta-kinda follow the route of the old Paris-Dakar rally, the challenging race that you might think has run from Paris, France to Dakar, Senegal since its inception in 1977. The border of Mauritania and Senegal is reached, but there’s no bridge anywhere!

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Extreme E Ocean X Prix

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myenergi set to bring a spark to Senegal for Ocean X Prix. With just 10 days to go until the Extreme E Ocean X Prix, myenergi, pioneer of the world’s first eco-smart EV charging device , is set to electrify the grid and bring a spark to proceedings in Senegal. Next Event Race 002, Lac Rose, Dakar, Senegal 29th-30th may 2021.

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Extreme E: myenergi Desert X Prix Round Up

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myenergi, pioneer of the world’s first eco-smart EV charging device, is celebrating a strong fifth place finish with its team in the first event for the new global Extreme E motorsport series held in Saudi Arabia. Their result puts them fifth in the Extreme E standings heading into the next event at Lac Rose, Dakar, Senegal, on 29-30 May.

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What is Extreme E? – 1# Ultimate beginners guide to Extreme E

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The championship is designed to highlight environmental challenges including the effects of global warming and its impact on the planets unique ecosystems. Ocean X Prix – Lac Rose, Senegal – 29-30 May. Desert X Prix – Alula, Saudi Arabia – 03-04 April. Arctic X Prix – Kangerlussuaq, Greenland – 28-29 August.