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Voyage of Autonomous Ship in Japan; First to Set Sail in Area with Heavy Marine Traffic

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The Foundation is backing Japan’s development of autonomous ships with the goal of making up 50 percent of Japan’s local fleet by 2040. A public interest organization in Japan, the Nippon Foundation, seeks to accomplish just that.

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NAD Gives Net-Zero Claim a Grade of Zero

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First, a goal of 100 percent carbon emissions reduction by 2040 sounds a whole lot better and loftier than saying last year, we reduced our carbon emissions by 5 percent. Second, as anyone who has ever tried to lose weight well knows, a goal is a whole lot easier to set than actually achieve.

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Dragons’ Den, Episode 4, Series 20

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So, it’s always good to consider Intellectual Property (IP) within your business planning. Ashlee was looking to own the partywear space and hoped that a Dragon would help take her brand global. My search confirmed that Ashlee is the owner of the registered trade mark, ‘Sparklebutt’.

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