Results for Technology & Innovation
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May 11, 2018- Apple backs Alcoa, Rio Tinto to develop carbon-free metal making
- Novartis admits $1.2 million in payments to Trump lawyer
- London mayor to ban junk food ads on tubes and buses
- China’s environment watchdog targets waste as pollution battle escalates
- India offers garment workers counselling after spate of deaths
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May 10, 2018- Report: Sustainability improves in 75% of fashion businesses
- Unilever reveals green brands growing 46% faster than rest of business
- UK government unveils plans for business-backed plastics innovation hub
- US loosens regulations for drone testing programmes
- Canadian company signs major deal with Uzbekistan to build a 1,000 megawatt solar farm
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May 04, 2018- Allianz to stop selling insurance to coal companies
- EU plans to massively increase spending on climate change
- New York City Comptroller suggests Airbnb is crippling apartment supply
- Volkswagen former boss faces charges in US over “dieselgate”
- Twitter urges all users to change passwords after glitch
Blockchain and sustainability – should you believe the hype?
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April 26, 2018- Artificial intelligence research in the UK to be boosted by £300 million of public money
- Citigroup & Bank of America criticised by US senator for their firearms bans
- UK supermarkets launch voluntary pledge to cut plastic packaging
- Seven member states push for EU to raise climate targets
- Telstra ordered to pay AU$10 million after misleading billing charges
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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