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2018 C.E. April 19
U.S. wind energy sector now employs 105,000 people
The fast-growing clean sector now employs 105,500 men and women across all 50 states after a bumper year of 9 percent growth, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).
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2018 C.E. April 19
Google’s new Africa app aims to beat slow internet speeds, high data costs
Google is releasing an app in Africa that will help internet users overcome obstacles such as the lack of high-speed connectivity and the cost of data on the continent.
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2018 C.E. April 19
England plans to ban on plastic straws and cotton buds
The U.K. Government is planning to ban plastic straws, stirrers and plastic-tipped cotton buds in a further acceleration of its war on the waste material.
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2018 C.E. April 18
U.K.’s Costa Coffee to recycle equivalent of all its takeaway cups each year
U.K.'s largest coffee shop chain has pledged to recycle up to 500m cups a year by 2020 -- a fifth of the total used in the country
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2018 C.E. April 18
Scientists test revolutionary plastic-eating enzyme in bid to fight pollution
It is a world first in an effort to find a solution for the 300 million tonnes of plastic produced every year.
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2018 C.E. April 18
Irish minimum wage rise in 2016 did not increase joblessness, study finds
"Our analysis revealed no negative employment effects because of the 2016 increase."
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2018 C.E. April 16
World shipping industry agrees to halve carbon emissions by 2050
Members of the UN International Maritime Organisation on Friday struck a deal to halve carbon dioxide emissions from shipping by 2050 in a deal that will force the industry to redesign fleets.
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2018 C.E. April 13
Trinidad & Tobago decriminalizes homosexuality In landmark court case
A judge ruled that the country's buggery laws were "not reasonably justified" in regards to adult consensual acts.
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2018 C.E. April 12
NY City Council passes workplace anti-harassment bills
The New York City Council has passed 11 bills designed to strengthen workplace sexual harassment protections.
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2018 C.E. April 12
New Zealand bans new offshore drilling, citing climate change
"When it comes to climate change, our plan is clear," said Ms. Ardern, a member of the center-left Labor Party. "We are committed to the goal of becoming a net zero emissions economy by 2050."
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2018 C.E. June 1
Myanmar and U.N. announce deal for safe return of Rohingya
United Nations says staff will visit Rakhine state in first step towards repatriation of 700,000 refugees camped in Bangladesh
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2018 C.E. June 1
Rhode Island becomes latest state to pass new gun laws after Parkland
The governor has signed a bill to ban bump stocks and another to implement a "red flag" law.
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2018 C.E. June 1
Stockton, CA becomes first U.S. city to test universal basic income
Stockton, Calif., hopes to become an exhibition ground for fighting poverty with a simple yet unorthodox experiment: giving $500 a month in donated cash to perhaps 100 local families, no strings attached.
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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 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 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 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
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 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 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.