Milwaukee to build village of tiny homes for homeless veterans
The tiny homes initiative was just approved Tuesday by the Milwaukee Common Council. Forty-eight homes and a community center will be built.
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First-ever Ebola vaccine approved by European regulators
The drug, which has already been given to hundreds of thousands of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, can now be distributed more widely.
Canada invests $175 million in nature conservation projects
The Minister of Environment and Climate Change has announced the first in a series of more than 60 conservation initiatives launching in every province and territory under Canada Nature Fund’s Target 1 Challenge.
Renewable energy booms in Afghanistan
In addition to emerging solar projects, Afghanistan’s national utility company Da Afghanistan a $43 million wind power project will soon be launched in Herat province.
The global average cost of offshore wind power drops 32% in 2018
New solar and onshore wind projects have reached parity with average wholesale power prices in California and parts of Europe, while in China levelised costs are below the benchmark average regulated coal price, according to BloombergNEF.
Heineken removes plastic multi-pack rings
Brewery giant Heineken joins other drinks manufacturers to reduce its plastic packaging by switching to cardboard.
Fukushima to be reborn as $2.7bn wind and solar power hub
A plan is under way to develop 11 solar power plants and 10 wind power plants in the prefecture, on farmlands that cannot be cultivated anymore and mountainous areas from where population outflows continue.
More than 1,000 Google employees signed a letter demanding the company reduce its carbon emissions
Googlers are pushing for a commitment to zero emissions by 2030 and to cancel contracts with fossil fuel companies.
Kerala, India to provide free high-speed internet to over 2 million poor families
The project aims to provide free high-speed internet to over 22 million below poverty line households by 2020.
Italy to become first country to make studying climate change compulsory in schools
Under a new law, all state schools will dedicate around an hour a week to sustainability and climate change issues from the beginning of the next academic year.