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This AI Can Diagnose Diseases Faster and More Accurately Than Ever Before

Chinese internet-based technology and cultural enterprise Tencent is using AI innovations in medical imaging and data mining to provide better, faster, more comprehensive diagnoses. In this extract from the GLOBAL INNOVATION...
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The Largest Green Wall in Europe Will Absorb 8 Tons of Air Pollution per Year

Located in London, U.K., the Citicape House by Sheppard Robson will feature a 40,000-square-foot green wall, the largest in Europe, that sets the standard for urban green development in the...
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BlackRock Raises $1 Billion in First Renewable Fund Close

Global investment manager BlackRock’s BlackRock Real Assets has achieved a $1 billion first close for its Global Renewable Power III fund (“GRP III”) with commitments from over 35 institutional investors...
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Serve Plants to Save the Planet

Climate change, habitat loss and pollution are overwhelming our planet. Thankfully, these enormous threats are being met by a bold new wave of environmental activism. But there’s one place where...
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Food-To-Go Giants Support Dubai Airport’s Ban on Single-Use Plastics

Announced in June, Dubai Airport’s commitment binds it to begin phasing out all single-use plastic items in products and operations on 1 January 2020. The airport claims that the 90...
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Can Smart Cities Help Their Residents Without Hurting Their Privacy?

Data is driving the world’s most powerful tech companies – but it will also shape cities of the future In Canada, the Sidewalk Labs smart city experiment has drawn criticism...
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An Industrial Port in Singapore Powered by Solar—a Model for Other Power-Hungry Industries?

Energy-intensive, carbon-heavy industrial ports rarely receive praise for their emissions reduction efforts, but it can be done, and Singapore’s Jurong Port is showing its peers how. The port of entry...
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EU Reaches Milestone by Agreeing on Green Criteria for Finance

MEPs and the Finnish presidency of the EU Council have agreed on a taxonomy to determine what economic activities can be considered ‘green’, paving the way for billions of euros...
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Hawaii’s Most Populated Island Passes Sweeping Single-Use Plastic Ban

Lawmakers in Hawaii’s largest city just passed what could be one of the strictest bans on single-use plastics in the country. The Honolulu City Council this week voted 7-2 to...
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Holiday Presents for Your Family: Gifts Without Guilt

Gift-giving is filled with minefields, but the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) got your back, so you don’t need to worry about inadvertently giving family members presents laden with toxic chemicals....
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Soil: The Secret Weapon in the Fight Against Climate Change

Agriculture is on the front lines of climate change. Whether it’s the a seven-year drought drying up fields in California, the devastating Midwest flooding in 2019, or hurricane after hurricane...
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The Flat House Review – a Home Made from Hemp That Will Blow Your Mind

Here’s today’s fun fact: the word “canvas” is derived from “cannabis”. (And imagine if the two words had still been identical this past century or so: literature would speak of...
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