Trump’s EPA pick may struggle to dismantle Obama’s environmental legacy

Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has fought President Barack Obama’s measures to curb climate change at every turn as attorney general of Oklahoma. Now he is hoping to take apart Obama’s environmental legacy from the inside out, a task that could prove tougher than it sounds.

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Financial closure for Hassyan clean coal power project

The project uses the Independent Power Producer, IPP, procurement model on a Build Own Operate, BOO, basis and is supported by a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement, PPA, with DEWA. Last June, DEWA signed the PPA, Shareholders Agreement, SHA, and other project agreements with the consortium led by ACWA Power.

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Pranab Mukherjee to inaugurate exhibition of grassroots innovation

The President will inaugurate a hall — Navachara-II — for permanent exhibition of grassroots innovations and innovative ideas set up with the assistance of National Innovation Foundation (A science and innovation museum called Navachara was inaugurated by the President on August 4, 2015).

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Thousands experience Meet d3’s immersive installations

Thousands of attendees are traveling, climbing, and live-streaming their way through the array of interactive art installations at Meet d3 today. Visitors to the spiritual “To the Ends of Earth” were transported to the deserts of Qatar and Antarctica. Hamida Al Kawari, the first Qatari woman to set foot on Antarctica, debuted her piece, which combined her film footage with Gulf music and natural sounds.

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