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2023 C.E. October 25
Japan’s Supreme Court strikes down sterilization requirement for trans people
In its decision, the court said that the requirement forces trans people to make the “cruel choice between accepting the sterilization surgery that causes intense bodily invasion and giving up important legal benefits of being treated according to their gender identity.”
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2023 C.E. October 25
New York just made the largest state renewables investment in U.S. history
New York is investing in a massive 6.4 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy, made up of three offshore wind farms and 22 onshore clean energy projects. It’s going to be enough to power 2.6 million New York homes and deliver around 12% of the state’s electricity needs once it’s all online.
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2023 C.E. October 23
Offshore wind development accelerating rapidly in The Philippines following presidential executive order
In just a span of five months since EO 21 was issued, the number of offshore wind energy service contracts awarded to qualified investors went from 38 to 78. The biggest growth in terms of gigawatts and allocation happened between August to October when the number of rose from 63 to 78 contracts with a total of 61.6 GW.
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2023 C.E. October 23
Scientists in the U.K. say they may have made biggest cervical cancer treatment breakthrough in 20 years
In the study by the UCL Cancer Institute, 250 women with cervical cancer received the new treatment - an intensive six-week course of carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy. Five years later, 80% of those who had received the new treatment were alive, an 8% improvement over the control group.
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2023 C.E. October 23
Egypt completes massive solar farm that can power one million households
The Benban Solar Farm near Aswan, Egypt, is now the largest solar park in Africa and the fourth largest solar farm globally. At least 20,000 jobs were created for the construction of the park and 6,000 permanent jobs were created for maintenance and management.
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2023 C.E. October 20
Paraguay adopts new law to improve carbon credit market
The legislation creates a registry for carbon credit projects within the National Directorate of Climate Change to serve as the official record of every carbon credit program active in Paraguay and ensure that land isn’t being registered more than once — a common problem in the global carbon credit market.
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2023 C.E. October 18
Nepal’s constitutional bench halts ‘triple taxation’ on community forests
Nepal’s Constitutional Court has issued a stay on the laws that require community forest user groups to pay taxes to the local, provincial, and federal governments. Community forest user groups manage about 34% of Nepal’s forested area under a participatory conservation model that has been praised for increasing forest cover and empowering local communities.
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2023 C.E. October 18
Breakthrough in recycling EV batteries can recover 100% of aluminum and 98% of lithium
Researchers at Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology have developed an incredibly efficient way to recycle metals from spent batteries, and at the same time minimize the loss of valuable raw materials such as nickel, cobalt and manganese. No expensive or harmful chemicals are required in the process.
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2023 C.E. October 18
Judge overturns Galveston’s discriminatory electoral map in a voting rights victory
The court’s decision requires Galveston County to redraw its 2021 map by October 20. The revised lines must include at least one district with a majority of Black and Latino people among the four districts that elect representatives to the county’s commissioners’ court.
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2023 C.E. October 18
Indigenous seed collectors grow a network of restoration across Brazil
The seed collector networks are the base of the ecological restoration chain and will play an essential role in enabling Brazil to reach its goal of restoring 12.5 million hectares (30.9 million acres) of native vegetation by 2030 — vital in the fight to avoid climate breakdown.
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2023 C.E. October 25
Japan’s Supreme Court strikes down sterilization requirement for trans people
In its decision, the court said that the requirement forces trans people to make the “cruel choice between accepting the sterilization surgery that causes intense bodily invasion and giving up important legal benefits of being treated according to their gender identity.”
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2023 C.E. October 25
New York just made the largest state renewables investment in U.S. history
New York is investing in a massive 6.4 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy, made up of three offshore wind farms and 22 onshore clean energy projects. It’s going to be enough to power 2.6 million New York homes and deliver around 12% of the state’s electricity needs once it’s all online.
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2023 C.E. October 23
Offshore wind development accelerating rapidly in The Philippines following presidential executive order
In just a span of five months since EO 21 was issued, the number of offshore wind energy service contracts awarded to qualified investors went from 38 to 78. The biggest growth in terms of gigawatts and allocation happened between August to October when the number of rose from 63 to 78 contracts with a total of 61.6 GW.
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2023 C.E. October 23
Scientists in the U.K. say they may have made biggest cervical cancer treatment breakthrough in 20 years
In the study by the UCL Cancer Institute, 250 women with cervical cancer received the new treatment - an intensive six-week course of carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy. Five years later, 80% of those who had received the new treatment were alive, an 8% improvement over the control group.
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2023 C.E. October 23
Egypt completes massive solar farm that can power one million households
The Benban Solar Farm near Aswan, Egypt, is now the largest solar park in Africa and the fourth largest solar farm globally. At least 20,000 jobs were created for the construction of the park and 6,000 permanent jobs were created for maintenance and management.
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2023 C.E. October 20
Paraguay adopts new law to improve carbon credit market
The legislation creates a registry for carbon credit projects within the National Directorate of Climate Change to serve as the official record of every carbon credit program active in Paraguay and ensure that land isn’t being registered more than once — a common problem in the global carbon credit market.
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2023 C.E. October 18
Nepal’s constitutional bench halts ‘triple taxation’ on community forests
Nepal’s Constitutional Court has issued a stay on the laws that require community forest user groups to pay taxes to the local, provincial, and federal governments. Community forest user groups manage about 34% of Nepal’s forested area under a participatory conservation model that has been praised for increasing forest cover and empowering local communities.
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2023 C.E. October 18
Breakthrough in recycling EV batteries can recover 100% of aluminum and 98% of lithium
Researchers at Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology have developed an incredibly efficient way to recycle metals from spent batteries, and at the same time minimize the loss of valuable raw materials such as nickel, cobalt and manganese. No expensive or harmful chemicals are required in the process.
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2023 C.E. October 18
Judge overturns Galveston’s discriminatory electoral map in a voting rights victory
The court’s decision requires Galveston County to redraw its 2021 map by October 20. The revised lines must include at least one district with a majority of Black and Latino people among the four districts that elect representatives to the county’s commissioners’ court.
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2023 C.E. October 18
Indigenous seed collectors grow a network of restoration across Brazil
The seed collector networks are the base of the ecological restoration chain and will play an essential role in enabling Brazil to reach its goal of restoring 12.5 million hectares (30.9 million acres) of native vegetation by 2030 — vital in the fight to avoid climate breakdown.