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2022 C.E. February 16
Israel formally bans LGBTQ+ conversion therapy
While the Health Ministry has advised against conversion therapy for years, no formal prohibition had been issued against the practice until now.
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2022 C.E. February 14
Judge restores protections for gray wolves across much of U.S.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White in Oakland, California, said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had failed to show wolf populations could be sustained in the Midwest and portions of the West without protection under the Endangered Species Act.
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2022 C.E. February 14
California lifts renewable energy target to 73% by 2032
The California Public Utilities Commission raised renewable energy procurement targets, plans for a more aggressive decarbonization plan, and includes increased reliability provisions.
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2022 C.E. February 14
U.S. to install roughly 400,000 EV chargers along its highways
The U.S. Departments of Energy and Transportation announced that they will dedicate $5 billion over the next five years to the project.
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2022 C.E. February 14
Women-led, green businesses begin to sprout up in Ukraine
The U.N. migration agency IOM launched a pilot project called “Sustainably Made in Ukraine” in 2020, which led to the country's first voluntary Corporate Sustainability Standard for small and medium-sized enterprises.
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2022 C.E. February 11
Indigenous groups in Colombia are training youth to defend the Amazon rainforest
Since 2020, academics from two Bogota universities have visited riverside communities to teach youth accounting, computer and writing skills, and about laws protecting Indigenous rights.
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2022 C.E. February 10
“Revolutionary” pacemaker tackles heart failure by listening to the lungs
The University of Auckland team has spent more than a decade developing what they describe as a "bionic" pacemaker, a device designed to respond to the body's signals in real-time.
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2022 C.E. February 10
Italy makes protecting environment part of its Constitution
The constitutional law, approved by parliament on Tuesday, says the state must safeguard the environment, biodiversity and the ecosystem "also in the interest of future generations".
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2022 C.E. February 10
Ecuador’s top court rules for stronger land rights for Indigenous communities
The ruling will immediately affect oil and mining projects across the country, as they must now seek the consent of Indigenous communities who might be affected by their activities.
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2022 C.E. February 9
Nuclear fusion heat record a ‘huge step’ in quest for new energy source
Researchers at the Joint European Torus in the U.K., generated 59 megajoules of heat more than doubling the previous record of 21.7 megajoules set in 1997 by the same facility.
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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 13
China plans a mammoth 450 GW of wind and solar in its deserts
About 100 GW is already under construction in addition to 306 GW of solar capacity and 328 GW of wind capacity installed by the end of 2021.
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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
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
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
Beer giant phases out plastic rings for an eco-friendly alternative
Phasing out the plastic rings is part of a bigger sustainability plan at Molson Coors, that includes a series of environmental goals to be reached by 2025.
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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. March 9
New cancer therapy destroys advanced ovarian and colorectal tumors in mice in 6 days
Clinical trials at Rice University are expected to begin in the next few months, after results on mice were described as “very exciting.”