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2018 C.E. January 15
Ford goes ‘all in’ on electric cars with $11 billion investment
Ford Motor Co. will more than double spending on electrified vehicles, amplifying its investment in a segment that the auto industry sees growing from what's now just a fraction of the market.
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2018 C.E. January 12
European Investment Bank invests $150m to fund renewable energy projects in Peru
Expected to be operational in the first half of next year, the two projects will have a combined installed capacity of 312MW.
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2018 C.E. January 12
Britain now generates twice as much electricity from wind as coal
Just six years ago, more than 40% of Britain's electricity was generated by burning coal. Today, that figure is just 7%.
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2018 C.E. January 11
Walmart boosts minimum wage to $11, hands out bonuses up to $1,000 for hourly workers
The increase for the nation's largest private employer also comes amid political pressure to bolster minimum wages and comes amid a hot streak for the retailer.
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2018 C.E. January 11
New York City plans to divest $5bn from fossil fuels and sue oil companies
Mayor Bill de Blasio: 'It's up to the fossil fuel companies whose greed put us in this position to shoulder the cost of making New York safer and more resilient'
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2018 C.E. January 10
North Carolina Congressional map ruled unconstitutionally gerrymandered
The ruling was the first time that a federal court had blocked a congressional map because of a partisan gerrymander, and it instantly endangered Republican seats in the coming elections.
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2018 C.E. January 9
U.K. bans plastic microbeads in effort to protect marine life
Manufacturing ban means the tiny beads which harm marine life can no longer be used in cosmetics and personal care products
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2018 C.E. January 9
Minimum wage increases for 18 U.S. states in 2018
Minimum wage workers in 18 states will get a pay hike next week when higher wage floors go into effect around the country for 2018.
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2018 C.E. January 8
Belize ends oil operations in its ocean waters
The legislation marks the first time that a developing country has taken such a major step to protect its oceansand all the from oil exploration and extraction.
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2018 C.E. January 8
A record majority of Norway’s new cars are now electric or hybrid
Norway crossed an electric vehicle milestone in 2017, with more than half of its new vehicle registrations coming from electric vehicles. The country has a plan to phase out new gas-powered cars by 2040.
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2018 C.E. March 5
Nigeria to issue $400 million in green bonds
Three key projects have been targeted by the government, the energizing Education Project, the Rural Electrification Municipal and afforestation projects.
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2018 C.E. March 2
23 college Republican clubs joined a bipartisan coalition to urge U.S. Congress to act on climate change
The group, called Students for Carbon Dividends, also includes Democratic students and environmental groups from ivy leagues like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. And it supports one specific climate change policy that calls for taxing carbon emissions.
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2018 C.E. March 2
Indigenous rights get boost as Green Climate Fund approves $1 billion for new projects
The fund - to which countries have pledged more than $10 billion - adopted a landmark policy to protect indigenous people who often live in or near forests, where the fund plans to back conservation projects.
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2018 C.E. March 2
World’s first plastic-free aisle opens in Netherlands supermarket
Campaigners hail progress as Amsterdam store offers dedicated aisle of more than 700 products, with plans for a national roll-out
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2018 C.E. March 1
Norway set to ban semi-automatic guns from 2021
Norway plans to ban semi-automatic firearms as of 2021, a decade after rightwing extremist Anders Breivik's mass shooting that left 69 people dead, a Norwegian lawmaker said on Tuesday.
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2018 C.E. March 1
Walmart raises minimum age for gun buyers to 21
Walmart, the biggest gun seller, announced late in the afternoon that it would not sell any gun to anyone under 21 years of age. It also said it would no longer sell items resembling assault-style rifles, including toys and air guns.
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2018 C.E. March 1
Washington becomes first state in the nation to pass net neutrality regulations in defiance of FCC
A bill that reinstates protections repealed by the Federal Communications Commission in December passed both houses of Washington state's legislature Tuesday afternoon. It now heads to the governor's desk to be signed.
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2018 C.E. February 28
Canada commits historic $1.3 billion to create new protected areas
The Trudeau government committed an unprecedented $1.3 billion in Tuesday's Budget 2018 to protect land and water in Canada over the next five years.
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2018 C.E. February 28
Dick’s Sporting Goods, one of the U.S.’s largest sports retailers, will stop selling assault-style rifles and require gun buyers to be 21
The announcement, made two weeks after the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that killed 17 students and staff members, is one of the strongest stances taken by corporate America in the national gun debate.
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2018 C.E. February 28
First transgender recruit signs up to join US military
The Pentagon confirmed Monday that the first transgender person has signed a contract to join the US military, a development made possible after a federal judge ruled that the military must accept transgender recruits.