U.K. announces £500 million electric car support for infrastructure and rebate
They are creating a regulatory structure to put in place a new £400 million Charging Investment Infrastructure Fund.
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Rio Tinto, the world’s second largest mining company, soon to go coal free
Rio Tinto Group, the world’s second-largest miner, has been steadily backtracking from coal to focus on better assets.
Researchers identify first brain training exercise positively linked to dementia prevention
The cognitive training, called speed of processing, showed benefits up to 10 years after study participants underwent the mental exercise program, said Frederick W. Unverzagt, PhD, professor of psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine.
47 of the world’s poorest countries pledge to generate energy with 100% renewables
At the United Nations climate conference in Marrakech, Morocco, members of the Climate Vulnerable Forum pledged to have fully green economies between 2030 and 2050.
Justin Trudeau will formally apologize for Canada’s past LGBTQ persecution
The address is expected to be the most comprehensive ever offered by any national government for past persecution of sexual minorities.
Pope Francis grants all priests the authority to absolve abortions
Pope Francis has declared that abortion, which remains a “grave sin” in the eyes of the Catholic Church, can be absolved by ordinary priests for the foreseeable future instead of requiring the intervention of a bishop.
Volkswagen agrees to invest $40 billion in electric car & mobility tech by 2022
“With the planning round now approved, we are laying the foundation for making Volkswagen the world’s No. 1 player in electric mobility by 2025.”
Denmark commits to ending its reliance on coal for electricity by 2030
This year, at the annual COP23 climate conference, Denmark renewed its pledge to end its reliance on coal for the purposes of producing electricity by 2030.
Interfaith leaders pledge to stand by American Muslims
Christian, Jewish and Buddhist leaders joined their Muslim neighbors for Friday prayers at a Washington, D.C., mosque, sending President-elect Donald Trump a strong statement of interfaith solidarity.
U.K. and Canada lead global alliance against coal
The U.K. and Canada have launched a global alliance of 20 countries committed to phasing out coal for energy production.