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2022 C.E. March 16
E.U. looks to cut reliance on Russian gas with new investment in climate-friendly heat pumps
The EU will target programs and policies to accelerate the installation of clean, efficient heat pumps to the tune of 10 million new heat pump installations in the next five years.
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2022 C.E. March 16
British Columbia ties highest in Canada minimum wage increases to inflation
British Columbia’s minimum wage is the highest among the provinces in Canada, and it is about to go even higher.
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2022 C.E. March 16
Tokyo schools drop controversial dress code on hair and underwear color
Other rules being cut include the practice of punishing students with a form of house arrest, and ambiguous language in the guidelines on what is considered "typical of high school students."
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2022 C.E. March 15
Ashley Callingbull becomes first Indigenous woman in iconic Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition
The Enoch Cree woman said that being featured as a proud, independent Indigenous woman in such a well-known magazine is a way to highlight a population that often is ignored or silenced.
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2022 C.E. March 15
Moore Foundation pledges extra $300m to boost conservation of Amazon
New targets include ensuring 247 million acres of freshwater and forest ecosystems, as well as Indigenous and local communities’ lands, are effectively managed.
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2022 C.E. March 15
Nepal’s first bird sanctuary takes flight, raising hope for conservation
More than 360 bird species, some of them native and some migratory, have been recorded in the complex, which covers 2,563 hectares (6,330 acres).
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2022 C.E. March 10
Nigerian mom designs solar-powered cribs that put an end to baby jaundice disease
The Crib A’Glow can now be found in 500 hospitals across Nigeria and neighboring Ghana. It has already been used on 300,000 babies.
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2022 C.E. March 10
Twitter launches privacy-protected site on the dark web to bypass Russia’s block
Russia has blocked access to Facebook and has limited Twitter in an attempt to try to restrict the flow of information about its war in Ukraine.
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2022 C.E. March 10
Europe’s first biorefinery uses algae to make jet biofuel
The first batch of biofuel to hit the skies is expected to be used in a domestic flight with Turkish Airlines by the end of the year.
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2022 C.E. March 9
Solar projects transform abandoned coal mines in Virginia
The Nature Conservancy hopes to bring clean energy jobs to the overwhelmingly rural and Republican area in Virginia that has lost more than 27,000 people since 2010.
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2022 C.E. April 6
New ultrathin “honeycomb” solar panels achieve record efficiency
This new solar panel was inspired by butterflies' wings which have a bumpy surface that absorbs more light than a flat surface.
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2022 C.E. April 7
Portugal’s floating solar energy auction sets world record negative price
EDPR's winning bid was a negative price, meaning it will pay the Portuguese electric system 4.13 euros for each megawatt hour it generates over 15 years.
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2022 C.E. April 7
Samsung now allows Galaxy users to fix their own devices
This new program acknowledges the consumers' right to repair by giving them and third-party fixit companies access to genuine parts, repair tools, and visual step-by-step repair guides for the first time.
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2022 C.E. April 6
Brown bear population in Pyrenees Mountains highest for a century
Monitors have identified 70 individuals in 2021, with 114 newborns since launch of repopulation scheme in 1996.
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2022 C.E. April 6
Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for company’s first unionized warehouse in U.S.
The outcome represents a landmark win for organized labor, which has for years tried to organize Amazon warehouse and delivery workers.
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2022 C.E. April 6
Hertz partners with Polestar to build “the largest EV rental fleet in North America”
Over the next five years, Hertz will buy up to 65,000 Polestar electric sedans with the first models rolling into Europe shortly followed by North America and Australia.
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2022 C.E. April 4
Norway’s walrus population bounces back thanks to hunting bans
By the 1950s, only a small population of Svalbard’s walruses remained. In 2006, researchers were thrilled to count 2,629 walruses, and the latest count in 2018 recorded 5,503.
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2022 C.E. April 4
The Rappahannock Tribe has reacquired 465 acres of sacred land in Virginia
The Tribe plans to educate the public about their history by constructing a replica 16th-century village and expand their “Return to the River” program.
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2022 C.E. April 4
Zimbabwe decriminalizes the transmission of HIV
The decision aims to strengthen the country's HIV response by reducing the stigma and discrimination that often prevents people from receiving prevention, care, and treatment services.
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2022 C.E. April 1
Paolo Rondelli of San Marino becomes world’s first openly gay head of state
The move has been welcomed as a "historic event" not only for San Marino but for the LGBTQ community around the world and all of humanity.