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Sustainable Development

The Quest To Turn The Arctic Into A Clean Energy Outpost Has Begun

The Canadian government's 2017 budget, released on Wednesday, funded a climate disaster mitigation fund and pledged billions to clean energy. It committed $21.9 billion to ...

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Kerala Vows To Provide Free WiFi To All State Citizens After Declaring It A Basic Human Right

The Indian state of Kerala has declared that internet is a basic human right and that all citizens should have access to WiFi. Finance Minister Thomas Issac made the announ...

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China Will Replace All 67,000 Fossil-Fueled Taxis In Beijing With Electric Cars

Taxis are the bane of all urban areas. Typically, they are poorly made, poorly maintained, and spew tons of carbon dioxide into the air every day as they shuttle people fro...

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Hollywood

Katy Perry To Be Honored By Human Rights Campaign

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, has announced that global pop i...

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Human Rights

Iceland Becomes First Country In The World To Require Gender Pay Equality

Yesterday, Iceland became the first country in the world to introduce mandatory equal pay. On International Women’s Day, the Nordic nation announced their plans to fo...

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Environment

Shell Is Abandoning Canada’s Oilsands

In a move that might be indicative of flagging international confidence in the Canadian Oil sands, Shell has announced it will exit most of its oil extraction projects in A...

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Environment

Finance Sector Could Face Climate-Risk Testing, Says Australian Watchdog

Australia’s financial institutions could be required to test climate-risk scenarios as international regulators continue to warn of the economic dangers posed by clim...

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Hollywood

Anne Hathaway Shines Spotlight On Parental Leave During International Women's Day

On Wednesday, March 8, American award-winning actor and UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador Anne Hathaway will deliver a keynote address at the United Nations Headquarters ...

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Sustainable Development

Scientists Can Now Store Digital Data In DNA With 100 Percent Accuracy

All the digital data we're creating—44 trillion gigabytes by 2020—has to go somewhere. The "where" of the near future, many researchers believe, will be on DNA ...

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Festivals

Tribeca Film Festival Unveils 2017 Feature Film Slate (Full List)

World premiere movies starring Burt Reynolds, Zachary Quinto, Jenny Slate, Jon Hamm, Al Pacino and Debra Winger, plus documentaries about Whitney Houston, Frank Serpico and...

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