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2017 C.E. June 2
Illinois passes automatic voter registration
With the unanimous passage in both the Illinois House and Senate of automatic voter registration (AVR) legislation, it is safe to say this particular reform is moving along rapidly with bipartisan support.
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2017 C.E. June 2
California commits to 100% renewables by 2045
California will source 100 per cent of its power from renewable energy, including solar and wind power by 2045.
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2017 C.E. June 2
The world cannot wait and neither will we, 61 U.S. mayors pledge in support of Paris Agreement
Responding to President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the historic Paris Agreement on climate change, dozens of state and local officials have vowed to lead where the president refuses to.
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2017 C.E. June 1
Social media giants making progress on illegal hate speech takedowns in Europe
The European Commission is trumpeting what it dubs "significant progress" on illegal hate speech takedowns by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft vs their performance six months prior.
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2017 C.E. June 1
ExxonMobil shareholders revolt to force climate action
ExxonMobil failed to fend off a shareholder rebellion over climate change, as investors with 62.3 percent of shares voted to instruct the oil giant to report on the impact of global measures.
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2017 C.E. May 30
Russia starts largest renewable energy auction in bid for jobs
Russia is pressing ahead with its biggest-ever auction for renewable energy, seeking to award contracts to purchase 1.9 gigawatts of clean electricity.
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2017 C.E. May 30
Denmark’s DONG Energy divests from fossil fuels in favour of renewables
Danish wind energy giant DONG Energy announced its plans to divest its upstream oil and gas business for $1.05 billion.
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2017 C.E. May 30
Countries signed to UN-brokered illegal fishing treaty meet for first time
Participants at the week-long event in Oslo, which began today, are from the more than 46 countries that have endorsed the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (PSMA).
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2017 C.E. May 30
Church of Scotland apologizes for its historical discrimination against lesbian and gay people
The Kirk's general assembly, meeting in Edinburgh, instructed officials to consider changes to church law that would allow ministers to preside over same-sex-marriage ceremonies.
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2017 C.E. May 26
Plans for 13.7 GW of coal power in India axed
"For the first time, solar is cheaper than coal in India and the implications this has for transforming global energy markets are profound."
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2017 C.E. July 25
Scientists report a rare case of H.I.V. remission
For the third time in recent years, a child born with H.I.V. has been found free of the virus for a long period after a high dose of treatment early in life.
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2017 C.E. July 21
China to refuse foreign waste in a bid for cleaner air
China has for a long time been a key importer of foreign waste- last year it accounted for 56 percent of global imports.
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2017 C.E. July 21
Target tackles “branded trash” with new recycling initiatives
By 2022, Target will source its own brand paper-based packaging from sustainably managed forests, eliminate expanded polystyrene from its brand packaging, add the How2Recycle label to its packaging, and create more demand for recycled packaging.
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2017 C.E. July 20
35 Australian local governments pledge to reduce emissions
Thirty-five Australian local councils have now committed to develop green and climate-resilient communities.
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2017 C.E. July 20
California lawmakers approve cap-and-trade extension through 2030
The vote came with bipartisan support, a significant shift from previous years where climate policies squeaked by along party lines or with only a handful of Republicans in favor.
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2017 C.E. July 19
Washington State will now alert survivors when domestic abusers try to buy a gun
This alert system will be the first of its kind in the country.
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2017 C.E. July 18
46 Republicans buck party to help Democrats take down anti-climate military action amendment
The amendment would have blocked a provision in the current version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that requires a study into the 20-year impacts of climate change on the military.
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2017 C.E. July 18
Court finds that approval of Dakota Access Pipeline violated the law
A federal judge ruled that the federal permits authorizing the pipeline to cross the Missouri River just upstream of the Standing Rock reservation, which were hastily issued by the Trump administration just days after the inauguration, violated the law in certain critical respects.
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2017 C.E. July 17
South Korea to boost minimum wage by 16%
South Korea's minimum wage is set to increase next year by 16 percent, the biggest jump since 2001.
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2017 C.E. July 17
World’s first malaria vaccine will be given to thousands of babies in Africa
Last week WHO announced that one of several potential malaria vaccines in development has made it through a crucial phase of trials and is now ready to be tested in the field.