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Wingcopter raises $22 million to expand to the U.S. and launch a next-generation drone

TechCrunch

Wingcopter CEO and founder Tom Plümmer explained to the in an interview that the addition of an SV-based investor is particularly important to the startup, since it’s in the process of preparing its entry into the U.S., based drone production. Wingcopter CEO and co-founder Tom Plümmer. Credit: Jonas Wresch.

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Plastic straws symbolize a global pollution crisis but Trump wants them to stay

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In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtles nose sparked outrage worldwide and countries and cities started banning them, starting with the Pacific Island nation Vanuatu and Seattle in 2018.

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