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2018 C.E. May 31
Nine African cities commit to reaching zero carbon by 2050
Accra, Dar es Salaam, Addis Ababa, Lagos, Dakar, Durban, Tshwane, Johannesburg, and Cape Town have pledged to reach zero carbon in 30 years.
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2018 C.E. May 31
Chile set to become first American country to ban plastic bags
In a historic decision, Chile's House of Representatives voted this Wednesday to ban the usage of plastic bags in all types of shops across the entire territory, making it the only country to prohibit them in the American continent.
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2018 C.E. May 30
South African parliament approves national minimum wage bill
South Africa's parliament passed a national minimum wage bill by an overwhelming majority to tackle strikes and wage inequality.
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2018 C.E. May 30
Royal Bank of Scotland to stop financing new coal plants, oil sands or arctic oil projects
RBS said it would no longer directly finance new coal-fired power stations or thermal coal mines, oil sands or Arctic oil projects and unsustainable vegetation or peatland clearance projects.
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2018 C.E. May 30
India approves massive new 5,000 megawatt solar farm
India's federal government recently gave the go-ahead for development of the country's largest solar power park in the state of Gujarat.
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2018 C.E. May 29
New facial recognition software tracks and protects endangered primates
Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) developed a facial recognition software program that could help save the lives of endangered primates.
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2018 C.E. May 29
Ireland votes to end abortion ban
Ireland voted decisively to repeal one of the world's more restrictive abortion bans, dealing the latest in a series of stinging rebukes to the Roman Catholic Church.
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2018 C.E. May 25
Scotland sets target of cutting greenhouse gases by 90% by 2050
The Scottish government also said it would have a new interim target for 2020 of a 56 per cent cut compared with the existing goal of 42 per cent.
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2018 C.E. May 25
Hilton plans to halve its environmental footprint by 2030, while also doubling its social impact investments
The hotel giant, which comprises brands like Embassy Suites and DoubleTree, wants to halve its environmental footprint by 2030, while also doubling its social impact investments.
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2018 C.E. May 24
Vermont passes gender-neutral bathroom bill
Vermont lawmakers have passed a bill that will require all single-user bathrooms in public buildings or places of public accommodation to be marked as gender-neutral.
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2018 C.E. July 25
Fast-food workers notch win in Alabama minimum wage fight
A group of African-American fast-food workers from Birmingham, Alabama, just won the latest round in a legal fight over the minimum wage that has national implications.
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2018 C.E. July 25
San Francisco bans plastic straws
San Francisco supervisors voted unanimously to ban restaurants, bars and retailers from selling or using on Tuesday, becoming the largest city to block establishments from giving out plastic straws
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2018 C.E. July 24
Bids open for first utility-scale wind farm in Saudi Arabia
$500m Dumat Al Jandal wind project forms part of Saudi goal to have 10% renewable energy by 2023.
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2018 C.E. July 24
U.K. offshore wind power set to double as government confirms future auctions
The U.K. offshore wind energy industry is set to double after the country's Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy announced long-term political support.
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2018 C.E. July 23
Spain reaches new record 45.8% renewable power in energy mix
The nation's wind power contribution rose by 10% compared to the first six months of last year, whilst total renewable production increased by 8.5% year-on-year.
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2018 C.E. July 12
California slashes emissions, hits major greenhouse gas goal years early
In a major win for California's fight against global warming, the state appears to have hit its first target for cutting greenhouse gases, and it reached the goal early.
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2018 C.E. July 12
Promising HIV vaccine moves to wider human trials
The most promising candidate for an effective HIV vaccine in over a decade is moving to large-scale human trials
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2018 C.E. July 11
London Mayor announces £500 million clean energy fund
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has this week announced the creation of a £500 million Mayor's Energy Efficiency Fund which will focus on helping public sector organizations and small businesses to cut carbon emissions.
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2018 C.E. July 11
Renewables hit record of 41.5% in Germany in first half of 2018
The production of renewable energy in Germany has hit a new record, providing more than 40 per cent of the country's power supply in the first half of 2018.
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2018 C.E. July 10
The Belize Barrier Reef – the world’s second largest coral reef – is removed from endangered list
The World Heritage Committee credited Belize's safeguarding measures as the cause for the historic conservational victory.