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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 8
Record numbers of women nominated for governor, U.S. Congress
A record number of women have won major party nominations for governor and Congressional representatives this year -- a full month before primary season is officially over.
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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.
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2018 C.E. August 7
Research successfully transplant lab-grown lungs in pigs
Eventually, bioengineered lungs could replace donor ones altogether. And that could make the transplant waiting list a thing of the past.
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2018 C.E. October 5
Austin bans restaurants from throwing food waste into landfills
Austin's Universal Recycling Ordinance requires all food-permitted businesses to divert discarded organic material, including food scraps and soiled paper, from landfills.
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2018 C.E. October 5
Uber will offer free rides to polling stations on Election Day
The ride-sharing company unveiled its "Get to the Polls" feature as part of a series of initiatives to encourage riders to vote in the midterm elections on Nov. 6.
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2018 C.E. October 4
California bans gun sales to people under 21
The bill will prevent people under 21 from buying rifles and other types of guns.
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2018 C.E. October 4
Pennsylvania to toughen gun laws in domestic violence cases
The bill will force people in Pennsylvania with a domestic violence ruling against them to more quickly surrender their gun.
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2018 C.E. October 3
Global green energy patents up 43% in a year
Figures reveal that more than 14,800 renewable energy patents were filed worldwide in 2017 -- a 43 per cent rise on the 10,500 in the previous year.
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2018 C.E. October 3
North and South Korea begin removing landmines along fortified DMZ
In a statement, the ministry said the two sides agreed to remove all landmines in the so-called Joint Security Area (JSA) in Panmunjom within the next 20 days.
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2018 C.E. October 2
Amazon agrees to $15 an hour for warehouse workers
Amazon will begin paying hundreds of thousands of warehouse workers a minimum wage of $15 per hour, the company said Tuesday, following criticism from lawmakers that some employees at one of the country's wealthiest companies are dependent on public assistance.
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2018 C.E. October 2
California becomes first U.S. state to require women on corporate boards
California will be the first state to require publicly traded companies to have at least one woman on their board of directors.
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2018 C.E. October 1
$19 per hour minimum wage approved for New York and New Jersey airport workers
This policy is said to bring the wages of thousands of workers, approximately 40,000, to $19 per hour by 2023.
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2018 C.E. October 1
Four Chinese cities pledge to cut emissions from buildings
Senior officials from Beijing, Fuzhou, Qingdao and Shanghai have pledged to remove greenhouse gas emissions from their buildings.