Results for Technology & Innovation
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April 13, 2018- Pret a Manger launches the UK’s plastic bottle deposit return scheme
- Report: World can limit global warming “without bioenergy with carbon capture and storage”
- US green group to launch methane detection satellite
- Indonesian billionaire using “shadow companies” to clear forest for palm oil, report alleges
- Singapore’s competition watchdog sets interim measures for Grab-Uber merger
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April 11, 2018- Shell confirms its greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2017
- BP teams up with Tesla to venture into battery storage for US windfarm
- Fox Network’s UK offices raided as EU probes sports broadcasting cartel
- Unilever trials ad formats that give to charity if someone watches
- Report: Extracting metals from e-waste costs 13 times less than mining them
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April 10, 2018- Central bank chiefs consider increase in regulatory oversight to address climate risks
- US payday-lending industry sues to block legacy Obama-era regulation changes
- Uber loses EU case against French criminal charges
- Iceland to be first UK supermarket to cut palm oil from own-brand products
- Intel patents bitcoin mining chip accelerator to reduce energy use
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April 03, 2018- China customs seizes 110,000 tonnes of smuggled waste in 2018
- McDonald's unveils plan to phase-out plastic straws
- Wartsila backs calls to cut carbon emissions in shipping
- Indonesia threatens to shut down Facebook if privacy breached
- EDF Plans to Invest $10B in Energy Storage by 2035
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March 28, 2018- Report: “Extreme” fossil fuel investments have surged under Donald Trump
- Facebook users sue over collection of call and text history
- Chinese hackers ordered to report software holes to spy agency
- Report: Pregnant migrant workers in Asia face discrimination and deportation
- New material made from desert sand could offer low-carbon alternative to concrete
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March 23, 2018- Microsoft signs largest corporate solar agreement in US
- Britain intends to stay in Europe’s carbon market until at least 2020
- Mining companies struggle with wave of tax increases
- Great Pacific garbage patch found to be 16 times larger than previously thought
- Scientists use DNA-editing to dispense with the need for hops in brewing
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March 13, 2018- Trump blocks Broadcom’s bid for Qualcomm on security grounds
- China to merge regulators, create new ministries in biggest overhaul in years
- Report: False emissions ratings cost UK more than £2 billion a year
- UK and Saudi Arabia sign clean energy partnership
- Flying taxis, backed by Google founder, tested in New Zealand
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February 27, 2018- US companies reveal CEO-worker pay ratios, but worry about staff reaction
- US Supreme Court to weigh in on privacy rights fight between Microsoft and Justice Department
- Purpose-led businesses have higher growth, says B Corp
- Renewables to displace coal in India, says the world’s largest coal producing company
- Driverless cars given green light to operate in California
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February 20, 2018- KFC runs out of chicken within first week of new supply contract with DHL
- OECD and FAO call for responsible investment in agricultural supply chains
- William Hill fined £6.2 million by Gambling Commission
- Report: Tesco & Nestlé poised to benefit most from impending plant-based protein surge
- National Grid considering rolling out superfast EV charging network across UK
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February 07, 2018- Ex-Facebook and Google employees start anti-tech addiction campaign
- United Nations inquiry into sexual assault “grossly mishandled”, claim campaigners
- Tesco equal pay claim could cost company up to £4 billion
- Oil majors to face hearings in London, New York and Manila over Philippines climate impact
- Bridgestone Corporation unveils sustainable rubber procurement policy