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2017 C.E. April 29
First large-scale offshore wind project in Brittany moves step closer to construction
The company in charge of developing, constructing, and operating the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm announced this week that it had received the three administrative authorizations required to construct and operate the project.
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2017 C.E. April 28
U.K. launches first research programme on greenhouse gas removal
The U.K. has launched a £8.6 million national research programme to investigate how to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, the first of its kind.
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2017 C.E. April 28
E.U. mounts legal challenge over Hungary’s record on democracy
The European Union has launched a legal action against Hungary in a deliberate swipe at a country that stands accused by many in Brussels of backsliding on its commitments to democracy.
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2017 C.E. April 27
South Australia heading to 80% wind and solar by 2021/22
South Australia is not just likely to have already met its target of 50 per cent renewables some eight years ahead of time, it is now heading for an extraordinary penetration rate of 80 per cent wind and solar by 2021.
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2017 C.E. April 26
Warren Buffet’s family pledges $90 million for young women of color, using “listen, don’t tell” approach
The money will be deployed via three streams to tackle the different issues facing women of color in distinct ways.
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2017 C.E. April 26
New Orleans begins removing white supremacist monuments
Workers dismantle an an obelisk dedicated to the Battle of Liberty Place, which commemorated whites who tried to topple a biracial post-Civil War government.
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2017 C.E. April 25
U.K. achieves first coal-free day since Industrial Revolution
According to the National Grid, the U.K. did not use coal to generate electricity for a full day on Friday 21 April, the first time since the Industrial Revolution.
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2017 C.E. April 21
World Health Organization hails major progress on tackling tropical diseases
WHO director general says significant strides have been made in fight against sleeping sickness, elephantiasis and other neglected tropical diseases
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2017 C.E. April 21
SF’s green energy goal is a decade ahead of target
Mayor Ed Lee on Thursday set a new goal for San Francisco that at least 50 percent of the city's electricity come from renewable sources by 2020. That's 10 years ahead of the target the state has set for itself.
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2017 C.E. April 20
Austin council votes to boost worker cooperatives
In late March, Austin City Council passed a cooperative business ordinance, which primarily supports the idea of worker cooperatives businesses that are owned and democratically controlled by workers
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2017 C.E. June 21
South Korea to transition from nuclear to renewables
President Moon also plans to close at least 10 ageing coal-fired power plants before his term ends in 2022, as well as boosting renewables' share of the country's energy mix from 6.6 per cent today to 20 per cent by 2030.
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2017 C.E. June 21
Taiwan plans for $59 billion in finance for renewables
Prime Minister Lin Chuan's administration hopes to attract $59 billion of private capital in order to boost the share of renewable energy in Taiwan's power mix to 20 per cent by 2025.
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2017 C.E. June 20
Supreme Court to hear potentially landmark case on partisan gerrymandering
The Supreme Court declared Monday that it will consider whether gerrymandered election maps favoring one political party over another violate the Constitution, a potentially fundamental change in the way American elections are conducted.
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2017 C.E. June 20
YouTube introduces new measures to curb extremist video online
Google announces four measures to tackle problem, including better detection and greater counter-radicalisation efforts
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2017 C.E. June 19
Europe mostly ends mobile roaming fees
Europeans traveling through the 28 Member State bloc are now able to use their mobile devices more freely, thanks to a top level abolition of mobile roaming charges across the region.
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2017 C.E. June 19
Hawaii first U.S. state to declare everyone deserves basic financial security
Hawaii is taking the lead in embracing yet another innovative idea: universal basic income (UBI).
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2017 C.E. June 16
Apple issues billion-dollar ‘green’ bond to support clean projects
That money will go towards efforts to improve the energy efficiency of Apple's own facilities, as well as throughout its supply chain, by financing renewable energy, procuring more recycled and renewable source materials so as to reduce its need to mine for them.
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2017 C.E. June 16
Renewables generated 10% of US electricity in March, breaking records
Combined wind and solar energy accounted for more than 10 per cent of U.S. power generation in March; the highest ever share of renewable energy in the nation's power mix.
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2017 C.E. June 15
Agnes Gund donates $100 million to start fund to fight mass incarceration
The prominent art collector recently sold a Roy Lichtenstein painting for a reported $165 million, and the Ford Foundation announced on Monday that $100 million of that would go to establish The Art for Justice Fund.
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2017 C.E. June 15
Leo Varadkar elected as Ireland’s first gay prime minister
Leo Varadkar was elected Irish Prime Minister on Wednesday, making the 38-year-old son of an Indian immigrant the first gay premier of the once-staunchly Catholic country and the youngest person to hold the office.