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2017 C.E. August 15
Dutch airports to be powered by renewable energy from 2018
The Royal Schiphol Group has announced that all of its business units are set to run on sustainable power from the beginning of 2018.
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2017 C.E. August 10
Rhode Island becomes fourth U.S. state to make community college free
The Promise Scholarship will cover the cost of tuition and fees at the Community College of Rhode Island for new students starting this fall regardless of their income.
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2017 C.E. August 10
Orlando becomes 40th U.S. city to commit to 100% renewable energy
The Orlando City Commission unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday establishing a goal to move Orlando to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050.
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2017 C.E. August 10
Nepal outlaws custom of exiling women during their periods
The ancient Hindu tradition of Chhaupadi, whereby women are confined to animal sheds during menstruation to keep "impurity" out of the home, was banned by the supreme court in 2005.
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2017 C.E. August 10
Australia set to put LGBT marriage equality up to public vote
A national public vote on marriage equality looks likely in Australia, after a futile attempt by MPs from the ruling Liberal Party to force a free vote on the issue.
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2017 C.E. August 9
Con Edison to make solar energy available to low-income customers
Con Edison will begin providing renewable energy to low-income customers in 2018 following today's approval of a plan to place solar panels on company roofs and grounds in New York.
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2017 C.E. August 9
China to install 403 gigawatts of wind energy over next decade
As of the end of 2016, China had installed 23 GW of new wind capacity, bringing its cumulative total up to 168.7 GW.
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2017 C.E. August 8
Spain awards over 5GW of renewable energy projects
The government said it was forced to apply a clause offering more than the original 3GW because of high demand.
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2017 C.E. August 8
Kenyan schoolgirls invent app to stop female genital mutilation
The app, known as i-Cut, is a program that allows girls to call for help, seek assistance, and report abuse to reputable law enforcement organizations.
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2017 C.E. August 7
Hawaii to get hydrogen fueling station; Toyota Mirai leases to follow
Once the station is operational, Hawaii will become the second of the 50 states in which the Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle is sold.
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2017 C.E. October 12
Uruguay’s 1st transgender senator seated, vows protections
The 34-year-old lawmaker representing the Communist Party assumed her seat in the upper chamber of congress, where she intends to push a law that would let transgender people change their legal identities without having to get a judge's approval.
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2017 C.E. October 11
New York based consortium to invest $130 million in Lithium-ion Giga-Factory
Imperium3 New York will be investing over $130 million over the next five years to help the wide commercialisation and cost reduction of lithium-ion batteries.
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2017 C.E. October 11
Scientists have successfully reversed advanced heart failure in mice
The discovery, which involves "silencing" the Hippo pathway in the heart, could lead to better treatments for those at risk of heart failure potentially ones that could eliminate the condition entirely.
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2017 C.E. October 10
Oregon’s new motor voter law is registering more young people
Since registered voters skew older, Oregon's automatic voter registration law is correcting the age bias and giving people of all ages access to the ballot.
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2017 C.E. October 10
Philadelphia water rate links payments to household income
City utility prepares nation's first water rate based on annual earnings.
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2017 C.E. October 9
Green Climate Fund to provide up to US$110 million for Kazakhstan clean energy projects
The framework aims to finance the construction and operation of solar, wind, small hydropower and biogas projects in the Central Asian country.
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2017 C.E. October 9
One of world’s largest marine parks created off coast of Easter Island
Rapa Nui protection area, about same size as Chilean mainland, will protect up to 142 species, including 27 threatened with extinction.
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2017 C.E. October 6
Cambridge University to accept transgender students at women-only college
Applicants for Murray Edwards College will simply have to identify as a woman at the time they submit their application.
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2017 C.E. October 6
The U.S. is breaking clean energy records even as Trump doubles down on fossil fuels
The U.S. hit several historic firsts in renewable energy in 2016 and 2017, according to a major new report.
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2017 C.E. October 5
Brenda Hale sworn in as first female president of U.K.’s supreme court
The first woman appointed to be a law lord, in 2004, Hale had to wait until this week for a second woman to join her on the U.K.'s highest court.