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Apple awards Corning $45 million to boost innovation May 10, 2021 11:46 EDT with 1 comment Apple has awarded Corning $45 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund. Corning is famous for its Gorilla Glass which makes mobile devices more durable and longer-lasting. Apple’s decision comes just five days after it announced a $410 million award from the same fund to the optical technology firm II-VI. Apple said that Corning has previously received $450 ...

Chris Davies - May 7, 2021, 9:07am CDT Apple has pumped a further $410 million into a key supplier for its laser tech, used in the iPhone and iPad cameras for Face ID and the LiDAR Scanner. The investment is the second the Cupertino firm has made in II-VI, and one which Apple suggests will get it earlier access to upcoming components for next-gen devices. Back in 2017, Apple pulled $390 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund for the company, which was then known as Fin...

[co-author: Shawn Whites] President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate has wrapped up. The event saw world leaders highlighting their countries’ respective climate commitments, calling for collective action, and attending breakout sessions designed to foster dialogue around climate finance and technological innovation, among other topics. After Vice President Harris and President Biden opened the summit, Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered further introductory remarks before the trio j...

Keith Srakocic / AP Originally published on May 3, 2021 1:08 pm The Environmental Protection Agency is cracking down on a powerful class of greenhouse gases that are used in refrigerators, air conditioners and building insulation. On Monday, the agency announced a new regulation that would dramatically decrease production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, over the next 15 years. Its the first concrete regulatory step the Biden administration has taken to tackle planet-warming emissi...

Governors Wind Energy Coalition Biden administration to propose first rule requiring cut in climate pollutants Source: By Juliet Eilperin and Dino Grandoni, Washington Post • Posted: Monday, May 3, 2021 The new Environmental Protection Agency rule targets hydrofluorocarbons, greenhouse gases that are thousands of times more powerful than carbon dioxide Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, pictured in Wilmington, Del., on Dec. 19, supports the Bide...

In ‘critical and totally doable first step,’ EPA proposes phasedown of climate super-pollutants With this rule to reduce hydrofluorocarbons, “EPA is taking another significant step under President Biden’s ambitious agenda to address the climate crisis,” said the agency’s administrator. As the Biden administration faces pressure to step up its climate action, the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced its first rule to tackle the global emergencyâ�...

EPA Moves To Cut A Group Of Powerful Greenhouse Gases at 9:13 am NPR The Environmental Protection Agency is cracking down on a powerful class of greenhouse gases that are used in refrigerators, air conditioners and building insulation. On Monday, the agency announced a new regulation that would dramatically decrease production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, over the next 15 years. Its the first concrete regulatory step the Biden administration has taken to tackle pla...

Keith Srakocic / AP Originally published on May 3, 2021 1:08 pm The Environmental Protection Agency is cracking down on a powerful class of greenhouse gases that are used in refrigerators, air conditioners and building insulation. On Monday, the agency announced a new regulation that would dramatically decrease production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, over the next 15 years. Its the first concrete regulatory step the Biden administration has taken to tackle planet-warming emissi...

EPA Moves To Cut A Group Of Powerful Greenhouse Gases Monday, May 3, 2021 Refrigerators on sale in 2018 in Pennsylvania. The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to phase out the use of cooling chemicals that are powerful greenhouse gases. Keith Srakocic / AP The Environmental Protection Agency is cracking down on a powerful class of greenhouse gases that are used in refrigerators, air conditioners and building insulation. On Monday, the agency announced a new regulation th...

Keith Srakocic/AP toggle caption Keith Srakocic/AP Refrigerators on sale in 2018 in Pennsylvania. The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to phase out the use of cooling chemicals that are powerful greenhouse gases. Keith Srakocic/AP The Environmental Protection Agency is cracking down on a powerful class of greenhouse gases that are used in refrigerators, air conditioners and building insulation. On Monday, the agency announced a new regulation t...