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2017 C.E. September 19
700MW solar project in Dubai hits record bid with $7.3 cents per KWh
The project is considered the largest concentrated solar power (CSP) project in the world.
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2017 C.E. September 18
Russian government approves bill on minimum wage hike
The Russian government approved the draft law on increasing the minimum wage from January 1, 2018, setting it in the amount of 9,489 rubles ($164.2)
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2017 C.E. September 15
London’s first plastic-free store now open
The products are brandless, instead of hiding behind the familiar brand names and packaging we all know and recognise in the supermarkets.
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2017 C.E. September 15
LGBT organization creates equality index to hold power conference schools accountable
Tabbed the "Athletic Equality Index," the organization developed the report as a way to measure power conference schools' athletic policies and practices.
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2017 C.E. September 14
Harvard pays students to host ‘brave spaces’ for social justice
Created by the Harvard Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (OEDI), the program vows to benefit the university by fostering brave spaces across campus where students can advocate and amplify the voices that need to be heard.
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2017 C.E. September 14
Bernie Sanders to introduce single-payer bill with major support in Senate
The Medicare for All Act is backed by a third of the Senate Democratic Caucus.
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2017 C.E. September 13
U.S. household incomes rose to record in 2016 as poverty fell
The U.S. median household income rose to a record last year and the poverty rate fell, as steady economic growth helped improve the lot of more Americans.
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2017 C.E. September 13
Minnesota’s clean energy jobs grew 3.8 times faster than overall job growth
In the last 12 months, Minnesota's clean energy industry grew by 5.3 percent, adding 2,893 jobs 3.8 times faster than overall job growth in the state.
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2017 C.E. September 12
A world first fusion reactor just created its first plasma
Nuclear fusion could produce a potentially limitless supply of clean energy without producing dirty waste or any significant amount of carbon emissions.
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2017 C.E. September 11
Netherlands administration to include Minister of Climate Affairs
The Ministers pool of the Netherlands will reportedly be expanding as the new centered coalition takes office, adding a Minister of Climate Affairs and Environment.
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2017 C.E. November 2
Research breakthrough raises hope of predicting future Ebola outbreaks
Scientists optimistic of creating early-warning system after identifying two-year gap between clearance of forests inhabited by fruit bats and emergence of virus
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2017 C.E. November 1
Britain has doubled its minimum wage since 2000 with no observable effect on unemployment
The data suggest that the traditional economic idea that rising wage prices reduce the number of available low-paid jobs might not be true.
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2017 C.E. November 1
Hong Kong to host 2022 Gay Games as LGBT acceptance grows in parts of Asia
The win comes amid growing momentum for the gay rights movement in Asia, with Taiwan's constitutional court this year declaring that same-sex couples have the right to marry, the region's first such ruling.
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2017 C.E. October 31
Amazon, Intel and Uber join brief against LGBT discrimination in the United States
A number of tech companies have joined Apple, PayPal, Lyft and Yelp in a corporate brief urging the Supreme Court to reject the notion that businesses can choose to discriminate against LGBT customers.
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2017 C.E. October 31
Qatar introduces minimum wage for first time
Qatar has committed to a range of labour law reforms, including the introduction of a minimum wage.
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2017 C.E. October 30
St. Louis commits to 100 percent renewable energy by 2035
The resolution, unanimously approved by the legislative body, tasks the city with developing a plan by December 2018 to wean itself off fossil fuels.
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2017 C.E. October 30
The cost of installing solar energy in the United States is going to plummet again
The already booming renewable energy sector in the United States will see a sharp drop in costs thanks to improvements in efficiency and technology, the head of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
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2017 C.E. October 27
Offshore wind power is taking off in the Northeastern United States
The first wave of six projects in the Northeast are expected to total more than 1,700 MW and cost nearly $9 billion in capital expenditures.
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2017 C.E. October 27
Trump to declare opioid crisis a ‘public health emergency’
President Trump on Thursday will announce he is directing his Department of Health and Human Services to declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency
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2017 C.E. October 26
Nicaragua signs the Paris climate accord, leaving only two countries to not sign the pact
That leaves Syria as the only nation never to have signed on; the US joins war-torn Syria as one of only two nations currently opposed the agreement.