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Uber pledges to shift to ‘100 percent’ electric vehicles by 2030

The Verge

The mayor of Denmark capital Copenhagen went so far as to propose a ban on diesel cars in the city last year that would go into effect by the end of 2019; Copenhagen has since tempered its proposal to aim for net-zero carbon emissions and carbon neutrality by 2025. The US is lagging behind most of the world in terms of climate policy.

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France’s strategy for EU startup policies: Talent and money

TechCrunch

And the French government is taking advantage of this opportunity to make some progress on the tech startup policy front. As the name suggests, this new instrument is in charge of establishing a standard for startup policies around Europe. It’s the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union right now.

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COP16 talks on biodiversity resume in Rome. Here’s what’s at the top of the agenda

Fast Company Tech

That is, how to spend what’s been pledged so farand how to raise a lot more to help preserve plant and animal life on Earth. ” said Georgina Chandler, head of policy and campaigns for the Zoological Society London. “Montreal was about the ‘what’what are we all working towards together?”

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Can saving trees really turn bitcoin green?

TechCrunch

Bitso, a Mexico City-based crypto exchange, is pledging to buy carbon offsets for every bitcoin transaction on its platform to compensate for the cryptocurrency’s environmental toll.

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