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2018 C.E. June 21
Uber announces premium pay for drivers of hybrid & electric vehicles
The one-year pilot program gives drivers of electric vehicles in a handful of cities extra pay and incentives to drive an electric vehicle.
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2018 C.E. June 21
Renault to invest more than €1bn in French electric car plants
Renault will invest more than €1bn into four plants in France to increase its electric car production in the country.
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2018 C.E. June 20
D.C. voters back measure to raise minimum wage for tipped workers
D.C. residents on June 19 narrowly approved a hard-fought ballot measure that will raise the minimum wage for all workers to $15 by 2025
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2018 C.E. June 20
Canada becomes second nation in the world to legalize marijuana
Recreational marijuana use will soon be legal in Canada after the Senate passed a "historic" bill on Tuesday with a vote of 52-29.
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2018 C.E. June 19
Being transgender is not a mental illness, World Health Organization says
The United Nations health agency announced on Monday the condition, also known as gender dysphoria, has been reclassified as a sexual health condition.
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2018 C.E. June 19
AT&T signs 300 MW wind energy deal
"We're going big on renewable energy. It's a clean, abundant, renewable source of home-grown power," said Joe Taylor, vice president of global tech optimization and implementation, AT&T
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2018 C.E. June 18
Volvo sets goal of 25 percent recycled plastics in cars from 2025
At least 25 percent of the plastics used in new Volvo car models from 2025 will be from recycled materials.
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2018 C.E. June 18
India increases its 2022 renewable energy target by 28%
India's power and renewable energy minister announced that India was increasing its 2022 target by 52 GW up to 227 GW.
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2018 C.E. June 13
Tokyo announces plan to install solar roads in time for 2020 Olympics
Japan has decided to continue the introduction of solar roads on government owned property, and will more likely focus on parking lots.
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2018 C.E. June 13
Iraq’s civilian death toll drops by nearly 80 percent
Iraq saw an 80% drop in civilian deaths in the first 5 months of 2018 compared to the same period last year, according to reports by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Iraq Body Count database.
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2018 C.E. August 15
Christine Hallquist becomes first transgender candidate to be nominated for a governorship by a major party in the U.S.
Christine Hallquist, a Democrat, won Vermont's Governor's primary.
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2018 C.E. August 14
$1bn pledged to support climate resilience in the Caribbean
A coalition of 26 Caribbean nations is joining forces to drive forward low-carbon and climate-smart solutions.
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2018 C.E. August 14
Caribbean island of Dominica bans plastic and Styrofoam
The island nation has announced its aim to completely ban common plastics and single-use Styrofoam cups and food containers -- effective January 2019.
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2018 C.E. August 13
Corporate clean power purchases reach 7.2 GW, surpassing 2017 record
Purchases are estimated to reach 10 GW by the end of the year.
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2018 C.E. August 13
New therapy bot helps children with autism perfect their social skills
Robotics startup LuxAI has created QTrobot, a bot designed to help children with autism learn valuable social skills.
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2018 C.E. August 10
600 AccorHotels worldwide now grow their own food
The global chain announced yesterday that it has installed urban gardens at 600 of its hotels.
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2018 C.E. August 10
New Zealand to ban single-use plastic bags by next year
Single-use plastic bags are among the most common items found in coastal litter in New Zealand.
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2018 C.E. August 9
France just banned smartphone use in schools
The new legislation means that students between the age of 3 and 15 will either have to leave their phones at home or keep them turned off during the school day.
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2018 C.E. August 9
New York just became the first city to give Uber drivers a minimum wage
New York City's new regulations could set a precedent for other cities across the country that face increasingly congested roads and drivers frustrated with the depreciating value of their services.
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2018 C.E. August 8
Missouri voters just blocked the right-to-work law Republicans passed to weaken labor unions
It's the first time voters have overturned right-to-work laws through a ballot referendum in recent years.