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2019 C.E. March 5
H.I.V. is reported cured in a second patient, a milestone in the global AIDS epidemic
Scientists have long tried to duplicate the procedure that led to the first long-term remission 12 years ago. With the so-called London patient, they seem to have succeeded.
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2019 C.E. March 5
Carbon emissions in 18 developed economies are now falling due largely to climate policies
New research shows that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in a group of 18 developed economies including France, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, and Denmark which together represents 28% of global emissions - are declining.
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2019 C.E. March 4
Electric vehicle sales in Europe jump 67% year over year in January 2019
Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) have been flourishing. In the first month of 2019, all-electrics jumped 67% year over year (YoY), to almost 21,000 deliveries.
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2019 C.E. March 1
Toledo, Ohio voters approve Lake Erie Bill Of Rights
Voters in Toledo, Ohio voted overwhelmingly to approve the so-called Lake Erie Bill Of Rights, a declaration that the lake has the legal right to be protected from harm from human activity.
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2019 C.E. March 1
E.U. invests over €10 billion in low-carbon technologies
"Our objective is to keep building a modern, competitive and socially fair Paris-aligned economy for all Europeans. For this to happen, we will need deployment of clean innovative technologies on an industrial scale."
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2019 C.E. February 28
World’s first water-free system dyes fabrics with CO2
DyeCoo uses a machine that dyes fabrics with pressurized CO2, which allows dyes to quickly dissolve and penetrate the textile -- all without the use of water or chemicals.
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2019 C.E. February 28
Salem Red Sox to debut first all-female broadcast booth in professional baseball
The Salem Red Sox, the organization's Class A affiliate, announced that their booth will feature professional baseball's first all-female broadcast team this season. Melanie Newman and Suzie Cool will debut together on April 23.
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2019 C.E. February 27
Biotech firm treats first patient in Western world with CRISPR technique for blood disease
A Switzerland-based startup called CRISPR Therapeutics just used gene-editing name to treat someone with the blood disease beta thalassemia. It marks the first time CRISPR gene editing has been used in a Western clinic.
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2019 C.E. February 26
Costa Rica launches formal ‘National Decarbonization Plan 2018-2050’ to completely decarbonize
The newly devised plan involves ensuring the electric grid is capable of operating with 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030, according to The Climate Group.
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2019 C.E. February 26
California reaches its 33% renewable energy target two years before deadline
The state's next renewable milestone is at 44% by 2024, a 33% growth in just over five full years.
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2019 C.E. April 19
European wind energy industry invested €65 billion in 2018
"Wind energy got 60% of all the new investments in power generation capacity in Europe last year," said WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson.
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2019 C.E. April 19
Navajo Nation embraces renewable energy as era of coal power ends
The Navajo Nation voted not to pursue the plan to operate the coal-powered Navajo Generating Station itself, but rather to create a new local economy based on renewable energy.
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2019 C.E. April 18
Johnny Cash and Daisy Bates to replace Confederate and Jim Crow era statues on Capitol Hill
The likenesses of music legend Johnny Cash and civil rights icon Daisy Lee Gatson Bates will appear in the hallways of the U.S. Capitol in marble form, replacing two Confederate figures from the Civil War.
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2019 C.E. April 18
New research suggests MDMA lets PTSD victims form new bonds and memories to overcome trauma
Research from Johns Hopkins University finds that MDMA seems to re-open a window of opportunity for social bonding and rewiring trauma-related faulty connections in the brain.
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2019 C.E. April 17
Arbor Day Foundation launches 100 million tree-planting initiative
The Arbor Day Foundation recently announced its Time for Trees initiative, which aims to plant 100 million trees by 2022.
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2019 C.E. April 17
Inexpensive ‘first-of-its-kind’ device can generate electricity from snowfall
UCLA researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind device that can generate electricity from falling snow. The inexpensive device scientists is small, thin, and flexible like a sheet of plastic.
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2019 C.E. April 16
6,034 Amazon employees demand company climate change plan
"We, the undersigned 6,034* Amazon employees, ask that you adopt the climate plan shareholder resolution and release a company-wide climate plan that incorporates the principles outlined in this letter."
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2019 C.E. April 16
Diageo to remove plastic packaging from Guinness multipacks
The company has said it is investing £16 million into reducing the amount of plastic used in their packaging. This initiative will remove 40 million plastic bottles from the world.
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2019 C.E. April 16
Global cost of batteries drops 35% in 2018, paving the way for faster transition to low-carbon energy
The benchmark levelized cost of electricity, or LCOE, for lithium-ion batteries has fallen 35% to $187 per megawatt-hour since the first half of 2018.
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2019 C.E. April 16
Morehouse College, the nation’s only black all-male college, will begin admitting transgender students in 2020
"In a rapidly changing world that includes a better understanding of gender identity, we're proud to expand our admissions policy to consider trans men who want to be part of an institution that has produced some of the greatest leaders in social justice, politics, business, and the arts for more than 150 years,"