Tag: sustainable
Vingroup Signs Strategic Agreements for Green Mobility in Uzbekistan & Kinshasa
Vingroup announced separate strategic agreements in late December to develop urban infrastructure and green public transport networks in Uzbekistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Vietnamese conglomerate signed a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Kinshasa and Exposure SARL on Dec. 29 to modernize the African capital’s … [continued]
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Owen Sound draft budget includes 5.5 per cent increase
Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy has tabled his proposed 2026 budget with an overall increase of 5.5 per cent. The budget is the first to be tabled by Boddy since the province expanded unilateral decision-making authority – or strong mayor powers – to the heads of 169 municipal councils across the province earlier this year. […]
With EV Wireless Charging, Two Red States Make A Great Case For Electric Mobility
Indiana is among the states embedding EV chargers directly into roadways, enabling motorists to top off their batteries while in motion.
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Electric Buses Prove Their Worth Down Under
Transport for New South Wales has announced that data from regional trials have proven the worth of electric buses. “To date, the 12 new electric buses in the trial have delivered generally positive outcomes, operating across 1,627 bus days and covering more than 300,000 kilometers. The average distance each vehicle … [continued]
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From otters to butterflies: How Minnesota became a pioneer in nongame wildlife conservation
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva
In the late 1970s, when most wildlife conservation programs in the United States focused almost exclusively on game species, a quiet but historic shift began in Minnesota. It was here that one of the nation’s first state programs dedicated to protecting so-called nongame wildlife emerged from butterflies and bats to bald eagles and river otters. That story is now told in detail by Carrol Henderson in his new book, “A National Legacy: Fifty Years of Nongame Wildlife Conservation in Minnesota.”
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