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Britain's largest teaching union is pushing for schools to be retrofitted for extreme heat after 760,000 students missed class during this summer's record temperatures. The plan could create thousands of jobs while protecting kids from dangerous classroom conditions.
A major energy company just committed £5 million to help 5,000 young people break into careers over the next five years. The Power Within Employability Fund answers the Prime Minister's call to rebuild pathways from classroom to career.
Michigan's 2023 clean energy law is cutting costs and boosting the economy, but some lawmakers want to repeal it. The data shows keeping it will save residents $5.6 billion and create half a million jobs by 2050.
One of the pharmaceutical industry's biggest players is planting roots in Durham with a $1.4 billion campus that will create over 730 jobs and produce life-saving medicines. It's the largest private investment in Durham's history and positions North Carolina as home to eight of the world's ten biggest drug makers.
A new three-year contract to maintain British Army Apache and RAF Chinook helicopters is creating 1,200 jobs across the UK, including 50 new apprenticeships for young people. The £879 million investment supports skilled workers at six locations while keeping some of the world's most advanced military aircraft mission-ready.
For the first time, Ghana is refining gold from small-scale miners into bullion bars at home, creating 162 jobs and keeping more wealth in the country. The partnership between Ghana Gold Board and Gold Coast Refinery marks a turning point in West Africa's gold industry.