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Archives for September, 2018

First batch of Chinese electric buses to reach Egypt ‘mid-September’ – Egypt Independent

Farah Tawfeek Following a successful three-month trial of its first electric bus, Alexandria will receive 14 new buses from the Chinese BYD company by mid-September, according to CNN Arabic. The coastal Egyptian city will become the first in the Middle-East to operate electric buses, as a part of a government initiative to manage air pollution. […]

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Thousands protest in Tel Aviv to demand removal of offshore gas rig – Haaretz

Demonstration organized by environmentalist groups demanding that government reduce pollution from gas platforms Bar Peleg, Zafrir Rinat | Sep. 1, 2018 | 11:17 PM Thousands of people protested in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on Saturday to demand that the government nix the plan to build a natural gas rig only 10 kilometers (about 6 miles) […]

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