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2022 C.E. October 5
Kenya Power to phase out fossil fuel vehicles
Kenya Power intends to substantially reduce its footprint by phasing out gas-powered vehicles and replacing them withelectric vehicles in the "near future."
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2022 C.E. October 5
Australia to set aside at least 30% of its land mass to protect endangered species
By prioritizing 110 species and 20 places, the areas managed for conservation will be increased by 50 million hectares, an area larger than the entire state of California.
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2022 C.E. October 5
China turns on the world’s largest and most efficient compressed air energy storage plant
The Chinese Academy of Sciences says the Zhangjiakou plant will save around 42,000 tons of coal from being burned in power stations, and reduce annual carbon dioxide emissions by around 109,000 tons.
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2022 C.E. October 5
Malaysia revokes oil palm concession near UNESCO-listed Bornean park
The 10,900-acre concession was revoked had been the subject of protests and a lawsuit by Penan, Berawan and Tering Indigenous communities who said it threatened their livelihoods.
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2022 C.E. October 5
Slovenia legalizes LGBTQ marriage and adoptions
The move makes Slovenia the first country in Eastern Europe to ensure equal rights for same-sex couples.
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2022 C.E. October 3
Australia’s most-polluting coal plant to shut decade earlier than planned
The coal-fired Loy Yang A power station near Melbourne - responsible for more than three percent of the country's emissions - will shut down in 2035, a decade earlier than planned.
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2022 C.E. October 3
Meat consumption is falling significantly across Western Europe
A French research company interviewed more than 4,000 adults across France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. More than 50% reported having reduced their meat consumption in the last five years largely for environmental, animal welfare, and personal health reasons.
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2022 C.E. September 30
Hallmark Channel to premiere first holiday romantic comedy centered on a gay couple
In 2019, LGBTQ Nation published an essay urging the networks to include more diversity in their holiday programming.
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2022 C.E. September 30
Youth crime in the U.S. has plummeted 78% since 1994
Law enforcement agencies made an estimated 424,300 arrests of youth in 2020, a 38% drop from the previous year and half the number from five years earlier.
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2022 C.E. September 29
India’s top court legalizes abortion regardless of marital status
A law dating from 1971 had limited the procedure to married women, divorcees, widows, minors, "disabled and mentally ill women" and survivors of sexual assault or rape.
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2022 C.E. October 11
Finish efforts to protect endangered seal pups proving successful
A record number of Saimaa ringed seal pups were born this year, as tighter restrictions on fishing nets in the region led to fewer deaths.
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2022 C.E. October 11
Renewable energy meets all of Greece’s electricity needs for the first time ever
For at least five hours on Friday, renewables accounted for 100 per cent of Greece’s power generation, reaching a record high of 3,106 megawatt hours.
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2022 C.E. October 7
Thousands of Iranians march for women’s rights supported by thousands more around the world
Protesters have gathered in cities around the world in a show of solidarity with women in Iran who have been bravely protesting the death of Mahsa Amini, who had been detained by the country's morality police.
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2022 C.E. October 7
President Biden pardons all prior federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana
More than 6,000 people with prior federal convictions for simple possession of marijuana — and thousands of others convicted under Washington, D.C., law — could benefit.
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2022 C.E. October 6
New Delaware law ends many fines and fees that criminalize poverty
HB 244 bans courts from charging interest or imposing fees for late payments, failing to pay, or paying in installments, among several other changes meant to reduce abusive fines and fees.
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2022 C.E. October 6
Indonesian program pays fishers to collect plastic trash at sea
Each of the 1,721 participating fishers will receive the equivalent of $10 a week for collecting up to 9 lbs of plastic waste from the sea daily.
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2022 C.E. October 6
New Alzheimer’s drug slows mental decline by 27% in trial
The Alzheimer’s Association called the robust study from American biotech company Biogen “the most encouraging results in clinical trials treating the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s to date.”
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2022 C.E. October 5
Kenya Power to phase out fossil fuel vehicles
Kenya Power intends to substantially reduce its footprint by phasing out gas-powered vehicles and replacing them withelectric vehicles in the "near future."
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2022 C.E. October 5
Australia to set aside at least 30% of its land mass to protect endangered species
By prioritizing 110 species and 20 places, the areas managed for conservation will be increased by 50 million hectares, an area larger than the entire state of California.
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2022 C.E. October 5
China turns on the world’s largest and most efficient compressed air energy storage plant
The Chinese Academy of Sciences says the Zhangjiakou plant will save around 42,000 tons of coal from being burned in power stations, and reduce annual carbon dioxide emissions by around 109,000 tons.