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2020 C.E. July 22Ocean Voyages Institute sets record with largest open ocean clean-up in history
Ocean Voyages Institute’s marine plastic recovery vessel, S/V KWAI completed a 48-day expedition, successfully removing 103 tons of fishing nets and consumer plastics from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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2020 C.E. July 21IKEA’s classic Swedish meatball now has a plant-based version
The furniture company is now hoping to convince more customers to choose a plant-based, carbon-friendly version of its iconic meatball. In August, it will launch a new “plant ball” in European stores. US stores will follow in September.
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2020 C.E. July 21South Korea commits $61 billion for ‘net-zero society’ by 2025
The five-year, $61 billion initiative calls for zero-energy public facilities and is expected to create 660,000 new jobs and reducing GHG by 12 million tons.
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2020 C.E. July 21Pakistan achieves UN Sustainable Development Goal 13 on climate action a decade ahead of schedule
Some initiatives taken by the government which enabled the country to achieve this milestone include 10 Billion Tree Tsunami Programme, Clean Green Pakistan Initiative, Clean Green Pakistan Index, and Protected Areas Initiative.
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2020 C.E. July 20The Climate TRACE Coalition will use AI to track the entire world’s carbon emissions in real time
A new alliance of climate research groups called the Climate TRACE Coalition has launched an effort to make real-time carbon emissions tracking a reality. They’re aiming to have it ready for COP26 in November 2021.
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2020 C.E. July 20Pentagon issues de facto ban on Confederate flag at U.S. military bases
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has issued a policy ushering in a de facto ban on displaying the Confederate flag at U.S. military installations around the world by authorizing only certain flags that promote unity.
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2020 C.E. July 20Disney slashes ad spending on Facebook amid growing boycott
Disney was Facebook’s top U.S. advertiser for the first six months of 2020, research firm Pathmatics Inc. estimates. It joins hundreds of other companies that have paused spending, including Unilever, Starbucks, Ford, Verizon, and others.
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2020 C.E. July 17The number of undernourished people in India has declined by 60 million in over a decade
This year's State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report asserts that the number of undernourished people in India declined from 249 million in 2004-06 to 189 million in 2017-19.
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2020 C.E. July 17Early results suggest coronavirus vaccine is safe and induces immune response
Moderna Inc’s experimental vaccine for COVID-19 showed it was safe and provoked immune responses in all 45 healthy volunteers in an ongoing early-stage study, U.S. researchers reported.
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2020 C.E. July 17The Ecosia search engine team has just planted its 100-millionth tree
For eleven years, the search engine Ecosia has used most of the revenue from advertising on its website and app towards planting trees—and this month they planted their 100-millionth tree.
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2020 C.E. August 27Kuwait relaxes book censorship laws
Kuwaiti state media reported that the country’s parliament had voted 40 to nine in favor of lifting the Ministry of Information’s control over books imported into the country. Previously, the ministry had blacklisted more than 4,000 books since 2014.
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2020 C.E. August 27Mexico to phase out use of herbicide glyphosate by 2024
Mexico will gradually phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate by the time the current administration ends in late 2024, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday, following a ministerial spat over the product.
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2020 C.E. August 27Bird deaths down 70 percent after painting wind turbine blades
According to a study conducted at a wind farm on the Norwegian archipelago of Smøla, changing the color of a single blade on a turbine from white to black resulted in a 70-percent drop in the number of bird deaths.
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2020 C.E. August 26Africa declared free of wild polio in ‘milestone’
Africa has been declared free from wild polio by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission. Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes leading to irreversible paralysis. Death can occur when breathing muscles are affected.
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2020 C.E. August 25Germany is beginning a universal-basic-income trial with people getting $1,400 a month for 3 years
120 volunteers will get monthly payments of €1,200, or about $1,400, as part of a study testing a universal basic income. The study will compare the experiences of the 120 volunteers with 1,380 people who do not receive the payments.
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2020 C.E. August 25Cameroon cancels plan to log half of the Ebo Forest
The 170,000 acre ecosystem is one of the last intact forests in central Africa and a biodiversity hotspot, harboring hundreds of rare plant and animal species, including the tool-using Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee, western gorilla, and giant frogs.
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2020 C.E. August 25Android phones to become the world’s biggest earthquake detection grid
Google has started using the vast number of Android smartphones across the planet to help detect and warn people about seismic events. Your phone will begin transmitting accelerometer data if it detects something similar to an earthquake.
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2020 C.E. August 24U.K.’s first full heroin-prescribing scheme extended after reductions in crime and homelessness
Campaigners celebrated the first “dramatic” results from Middlesbrough’s scheme, which found a vast reduction in re-offending rates and use of street drugs, and significant improvements in participants’ health and quality of life, including seeing those homeless at the outset placed in accommodation.
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2020 C.E. August 24Hyundai KONA Electric sets range record of 1,026 kilometers
Hyundai Motor successfully demonstrated its leadership in electrified mobility as three KONA Electric vehicles set a new range record. All vehicles used in the test were factory-spec and unmodified, equipped with standard Nexen N Fera SU1 low rolling resistance tires in the 215/55R17 size.
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2020 C.E. August 24India extends crucial incentive for solar and wind power projects
The Ministry of Power recently extended the expiry of waiver of inter-state transmission charges available to solar and wind power projects. All such projects that are commissioned before 30 June 2023 will not be required to pay any inter-state transmission charges for a period of 25 years.