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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 million from its $5 billion Advanced Manufacturing Fund over the last four years which has helped Co...

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 Finisar. At that point, Apple said, the cash was going to help increase the high-volume production of s...

[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 joined Climate Envoy John Kerry at a horseshoe-shaped table to watch speeches from the world leaders ...

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. It's the first concrete regulatory step the Biden administration has taken to tackle planet-warming emissions since the president announced ambitious goals 10 days ago to cut U.S. emissions by half in the ...

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 Biden administration’s climate plan. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post) The Environmental Protecti...