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2017 C.E. September 8
Duke University to increase employee minimum wage to $15 by 2019
Over 2,300 Duke University staff members will get a pay raise by 2019.
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2017 C.E. September 7
Mars counters Trump’s climate stance with $1bn sustainability plan
Confectionery firm also launches M&Ms renewable energy campaign as part of a growing corporate backlash against the U.S.'s decision to pull out of the Paris climate deal.
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2017 C.E. September 7
First West Africa LGBT-inclusive religious gathering takes place
More than 30 delegates from 10 West African countries gathered in Ghana from Aug. 24-28 for the Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa's first-ever interfath diversity event.
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2017 C.E. September 5
Egyptian renewable energy projects get $210 million boost
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has announced as much as $210 million in debt financing in order to "tap" the renewable energy potential of Egypt.
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2017 C.E. September 5
China sets up $500m fund for developing world
China will contribute $500 million for a South-South cooperation assistance fund to help other developing countries deal with famine, refugees, climate change and public health challenges.
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2017 C.E. August 30
L.A. City Council replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day on city calendar
Over the objections of Italian American civic groups, the council made the second Monday in October a day in L.A. to commemorate "indigenous, aboriginal and native people."
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2017 C.E. August 29
Kenya becomes latest African nation to ban plastic bags
Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mauritania and Malawi are among the countries that have adopted or announced such bans.
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2017 C.E. August 18
Sri Lanka to achieve 100% renewables by 2050
According to the report, Sri Lanka's installed electricity generation capacity needs will increase from 3,700MW to 34,000MW by 2050.
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2017 C.E. August 18
Japan acting on Sustainable Development Goals
The Environment Ministry is working to incorporate the goals into its policy reports and plans, while a growing number of companies are aligning their business and product strategies to the agenda.
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2017 C.E. August 17
U.S. wind and solar power helped prevent up to 12,700 deaths
The lower carbon emissions were worth billions of dollars as a result of the avoidance of the range of problems caused by fossil fuels.
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2017 C.E. October 23
Bloomberg pledges $64M for anti-coal initiatives
Billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg is making a new $64 million commitment to environmental groups' efforts to shut down coal-fired power plants and replace them with cleaner forms of electricity generation.
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2017 C.E. October 23
Playboy features first transgender playmate
Playboy Magazine is making history next month. Lakshmi Singh talks to French model Ines Rau, the first transgender woman to appear in Playboy magazine's coveted centerfold spot.
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2017 C.E. October 20
Australian state of Victoria to ban single use plastic bags
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced the government will ban single use plastic bags "as quickly as we can".
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2017 C.E. October 20
George Soros transfers $18 billion to Open Society Foundations
Founded by Mr. Soros more than 30 years ago, Open Society promotes democracy and human rights in more than 120 countries.
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2017 C.E. October 19
California becomes first state to legally recognize a third gender
SB 179 helps people of all gender identities be their authentic selves.
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2017 C.E. October 19
California passes first cleaning product chemical disclosure law in U.S.
On Sunday, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill No. 258, otherwise known as the Cleaning Products Right to Know Act.
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2017 C.E. October 18
European spending on energy efficient building technologies in 2026 to near $112 billion
The European market for energy efficient building technologies is expected to grow from $83.5 billion in 2017 to $111.9 billion in 2026.
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2017 C.E. October 18
Globally, broad support for representative and direct democracy
More than half in each of the nations polled consider representative democracy a very or somewhat good way to govern their country.
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2017 C.E. October 17
1400 companies now put an internal price on carbon
That number is an impressive leap, as it amounts to an eight-fold increase from 2014.
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2017 C.E. October 17
Korean workers launch major wave of strikes, winning international support
Over the past few weeks, thousands of South Korean transport workers have gone on strike to protest against government "reform" proposals that would make it easier for employers to fire workers, weaken seniority protections won through collective bargaining and privatize some state-owned industries.