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2019 C.E. January 22
Indian state of Sikkim is launching the largest basic income experiment in history
Sikkim will provide cash payments to each of its 610,000 citizens -- the largest basic income experiment in history.
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2019 C.E. January 22
2018 Congressional Farm Bill effectively legalizes hemp in the U.S.
Promoters have long extolled the virtue of the grassy weed as one of the cheapest and most important crops for solving the world's problems around sustainability and health with it's alleged ability to treat numerous symptoms and diseases.
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2019 C.E. January 17
USC researchers find new culprit and potential treatment target for Alzheimer’s
Brain changes associated with leaky capillaries suggest new, potential drug targets as well as a way to diagnose the disease sooner.
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2019 C.E. January 17
U.S. wind power to exceed hydropower in 2019 for first time ever
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects wind energy capacity to increase from 96 GW at the end of 2018 to 107 GW by the end of 2019, and 114 GW by the end of 2020.
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2019 C.E. January 17
Microsoft pledges $500 million for affordable housing in Seattle area
Microsoft's money represents the most ambitious effort by a tech company to directly address the inequality that has spread in areas where the industry is concentrated. It will fund construction for homes affordable not only to the company's own non-tech workers, but also for teachers, firefighters, and other middle- and low-income residents.
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2019 C.E. January 17
India plans to add 500 GW of renewable energy capacity within 10 years
India will auction off 40 gigawatts (GW) of solar and wind capacity every year until 2028, part of the country's goal to produce 40 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
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2019 C.E. January 16
Renewables overtake coal as Germany’s main energy source
Green energy's share of Germany's power production has risen to over 40% from 38% percent in 2017 and just 19% percent in 2010.
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2019 C.E. January 16
New York passes trans rights bill, conversion therapy ban
New York State made history today, with both houses of the legislature passing bills to ban discrimination based on gender identity and to prohibit the use of conversion therapy on minors. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to sign both.
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2019 C.E. January 15
New York legislators pass sweeping overhaul of restrictive voting laws
The measures, planned by Democrats who reclaimed control of all levers of state government for the first time in modern memory, would allow voters to cast their ballots early or by mail for the first time in state history.
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2019 C.E. January 15
Global suicide rate has declined by 29% since 2000, saving 2.8 millions lives
There is no one reason for the global decline, but it is particularly notable among young women in China and India, middle-aged men in Russia, and the elderly.
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2019 C.E. March 8
U.S. NASA announces world’s first-ever all-female spacewalk
On March 29, Anne McClain and Christina Koch will leave the relative safety of the International Space Station for a spacewalk to upgrade the craft's batteries - the first-ever to be all-female.
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2019 C.E. March 7
Finland to ban coal-fired power by 2029
The Finnish Parliament approved a motion last week to bring forward its ban on coal for energy use to May 1, 2029, bringing the country in line with the majority of the European Union in walking away from coal-fired power.
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2019 C.E. March 7
Honda to electrify 100% of its European sales by 2025
Honda revealed their ambition to make 100% of its European sales electrified by 2025. This has built on the vehicle manufacturer's previous goal of two thirds electrified by 2025.
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2019 C.E. March 6
New offshore wind deal to triple number of ‘green collar jobs’ in U.K. by 2030
The new deal plans to increase the workforce within the sector to 27,000 by 2030, tripling the current 7,200 jobs today. The deal is in line with the strategy's Clean Growth Grand Challenge to maximize the advantages for UK industry from the global shift to clean growth.
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2019 C.E. March 6
United States FDA approves form of ketamine for depression treatment
Esketamine is the first new drug treatment approved for depression in decades. Current drugs target the feel-good brain chemical serotonin, and can take weeks or months to kick in. Ketamine targets a chemical called glutamate that is thought to restore brain connections that help relieve depression.
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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 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 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
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. 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.