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2018 C.E. February 22
Court rules U.K. air pollution plan is “unlawful”, in a win for environmental activists
"The Environment Secretary must ensure that, in each of the 45 areas, steps are taken to achieve compliance as soon as possible, by the quickest route possible and by a means that makes that outcome likely."
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2018 C.E. February 21
SpaceX is about to quietly launch the first 2 of nearly 12000 satellites to blanket Earth in high-speed internet
The two satellites may test aspects of Starlink, a project to bathe Earth in high-speed internet access using nearly 12,000 spacecraft.
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2018 C.E. February 21
ING & European Investment Bank invest €300 million in green shipping
Global financial institution ING has partnered with the European Investment Bank in committing €300 million to support green investments in the European shipping sector.
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2018 C.E. February 20
IKEA joins Big Clean Switch to offer 100% renewable energy tariff
Ikea is calling for households to join its latest joint venture a collective energy switch that promises an exclusive 100% renewable electricity tariff.
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2018 C.E. February 20
China will plant 32,400 square miles of trees to combat air pollution
China has tasked 60,000 soldiers to increase the country's total forest coverage in an attempt to combat its serious air pollution problem.
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2018 C.E. February 19
Study finds people given basic income are likely to keep working
Once it is further reviewed, this data could potentially convince those on the fence that UBI is, at the very least, worth investigating with small, U.S.-based trials. It at least opens up the discussion by suggesting that, even when people receive supplemental income from the government, their drive to work doesn't simply dissipate.
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2018 C.E. February 19
Singapore to introduce carbon tax in 2019
Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said the tax would be levied on all facilities producing 25,000 tonnes or more of greenhouse gas emissions a year.
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2018 C.E. February 16
To reduce air pollution, Germany will test free public transportation in some cities
In an effort to cut down on air pollution, the German government will be making public transportation free later this year. The campaign will take place in several cities, including Bonn, Essen, Reutlingen, Mannheim, and the town of Herrenberg.
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2018 C.E. February 16
Church of England issues anti-plastic tips for Lent
The Church of England is urging Christians to give up single-use plastics during Lent, in a bid to cut the environmental damage it can cause.
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2018 C.E. February 15
Renewables account for 18 percent of U.S. power generation in 2017
Last year, Bloomberg New Energy Finance defined renewable energy as the new normal" in its Sustainable Energy in America Factbook. This year's edition affirms that finding.
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2018 C.E. April 24
E.U. Parliament approves new measures to create a circular economy
"By 2025, at least 55% of municipal waste (from households and businesses) should be recycled. The target will rise to 60% by 2030 and 65% by 2035."
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2018 C.E. April 23
The South African Federation of Trade Unions presses ahead with nationwide protest over ‘poverty-level’ minimum wage
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) will go ahead with its planned nationwide mass mobilisation of workers to protest against the proposed "poverty-level" national minimum wage of R20 an hour and amendments to labour laws
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2018 C.E. April 23
Wells Fargo commits $200bn towards low carbon projects by 2030
The US banking giant said more than $100bn of its commitment was earmarked for clean technology, renewable energy, green bonds, low emission transportation and other projects that "directly support the transition to a low carbon economy".
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2018 C.E. April 20
HSBC to stop financing most new coal plants, oil sands, arctic drilling
Europe's largest bank HSBC said on Friday it would mostly stop funding new coal power plants, oil sands and arctic drilling, becoming the latest in a long line of investors to shun the fossil fuels.
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2018 C.E. April 20
The U.K. goes 55 hours without using coal for the first time in history
No coal was used for power generation by stations in the U.K. between 10:25 p.m. in London on Monday until 5:10 a.m. on Thursday.
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2018 C.E. April 19
England plans to ban on plastic straws and cotton buds
The U.K. Government is planning to ban plastic straws, stirrers and plastic-tipped cotton buds in a further acceleration of its war on the waste material.
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2018 C.E. April 19
Google’s new Africa app aims to beat slow internet speeds, high data costs
Google is releasing an app in Africa that will help internet users overcome obstacles such as the lack of high-speed connectivity and the cost of data on the continent.
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2018 C.E. April 19
U.S. wind energy sector now employs 105,000 people
The fast-growing clean sector now employs 105,500 men and women across all 50 states after a bumper year of 9 percent growth, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).
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2018 C.E. April 18
Irish minimum wage rise in 2016 did not increase joblessness, study finds
"Our analysis revealed no negative employment effects because of the 2016 increase."
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2018 C.E. April 18
Scientists test revolutionary plastic-eating enzyme in bid to fight pollution
It is a world first in an effort to find a solution for the 300 million tonnes of plastic produced every year.