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  "id": 4636770,
  "title": "What’s the link between sugar, ethanol and India’s CAFE norms? | Climate Economy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/whats-the-link-between-sugar-ethanol-and-indias-cafe-norms-climate",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-31T11:20:36.000Z",
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Can ethanol and India’s new fuel-efficiency norms really drive the country’s energy transition? This episode of The Climate Economy examines the connection between ethanol blending, rising sugar prices, CAFE standards and electric vehicles, and asks whether India is building a genuinely new energy system or simply making existing technologies more efficient. From E20 fuel and sugarcane economics…",
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        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "India’s plan to begin natural-capital and climate-risk accounting of its blue economy | Explained",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/indias-plan-to-begin-natural-capital-and-climate-risk-accounting-of",
        "published": "2026-08-31T07:25:45.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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