Results for Technology & Innovation
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May 27, 2020- Twitter tags Trump tweet with fact-checking warning
- Rio Tinto blasts 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site to expand iron ore mine
- Food waste start up Apeel Sciences snags $250m backing
- CORONAVIRUS: Pakistan garment workers fight for rights amid Covid-19 crisis
- Copenhagen Airport spearheads green hydrogen project for transport fuel
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May 22, 2020- Facebook expects half of employees to work remotely over next five to 10 years
- Lloyds investors rebel against bonus plan for top bosses
- Singapore postpones packaging reduction deadline for companies in light of Covid-19 disruption
- Leaked EU green recovery plan targets building efficiency, hydrogen, transport, and renewables
- Planning application for UK's first waste-to-jet fuel plant given green light
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May 15, 2020- World heading for 'climate lockdown' unless firms get prepared, top investment body warns
- BP calls on governments to ‘press ahead’ with climate push
- UN labour agency warns Indian states on scrapping of workers' rights
- Flights that use non eco-fuels should be more expensive, says Heathrow chief
- Chinese official hails 'incomparable' improvement in air quality as virus hits industry
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April 28, 2020- Coronavirus: Australia will make it a crime to use coronavirus tracing data for non-health purposes
- Biogas industry moves to tackle spike in food waste
- Coronavirus: Businesses provide NHS workers with renewably powered smartphone chargers
- Coronavirus: Physical distancing will end era of cheap air travel, industry warns
- ShareAction slams European banks over sluggish action on climate crisis
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April 22, 2020- Coronavirus: Preliminary study links air pollution to coronavirus deaths in England
- On Earth Day, calls grow to treat shock of coronavirus with 'green recovery'
- Coronavirus: After ventilators, Xerox now plans to make hand sanitizers among other producers
- Europe had hottest year on record in 2019, new report shows
- Coronavirus crisis could double number of people suffering acute hunger – UN
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April 21, 2020- Google unveils tech to make it easier for doctors and patients to share health info
- Green energy could drive Covid-19 recovery with $100tn boost
- S&P Dow Jones debuts Paris-Aligned and Climate Transition indices
- H&M tops 2020 fashion transparency index as 10 brands score zero
- Facebook bans events that violate social distancing orders
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April 16, 2020- Royal Dutch Shell commits to net-zero emissions by 2050
- Coronavirus: Environmental charities fear huge nature and climate cost from coronavirus crisis
- Cargill-led fund to pay U.S. farmers for carbon capture, exchange credits
- Microsoft launches data-driven platform to accelerate global biodiversity efforts
- US Court of Appeals allows lawsuit against Facebook for breaching user's privacy to go forward
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April 09, 2020- Coronavirus: EU privacy watchdog calls for pan-European mobile app for virus tracking
- Coronavirus: EasyJet secures £600m coronavirus loan from UK Treasury and Bank
- Global leaders urge G20 to tackle twin health and economic crises
- EU-funded wave energy trial delivers cost and efficiency advances
- Scientists create ‘mutant’ enzyme that recycles plastic bottles in hours
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April 08, 2020- Coronavirus: Primark announces wage fund for garment workers
- Coronavirus: Air pollution linked to far higher Covid-19 death rates, study finds
- Coronavirus: Firms repurpose manufacturing to make ventilators
- Shell trims carbon footprint, as boss vows to 'step up' climate efforts
- Cancer Research UK to cut funding for research by £44m
Daily Media Briefing
April 06, 2020- Coronavirus: Google releases location data to measure success of coronavirus lockdowns
- Coronavirus: Apple to ship 1 million face shields a week for medical workers
- Coronavirus: UK Government issues £3m grant to tackle food waste during outbreak
- EU carbon market emissions excluding aviation fell 8.7% in 2019
- Prioritise small-scale technology to deliver affordable net-zero transition, researchers claim