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2021 C.E. September 28
Scotland becomes the world’s first country to require LGBTQ+ history in schools
While the new curricula were created, in part, for students to get a more well-rounded education, the Scottish government also hopes they will reduce bullying.
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2021 C.E. September 27
Switzerland overwhelmingly reaffirms marriage equality in national referendum
Final figures are reflecting that nearly two of every three Swiss voters supported the measure, despite conservative efforts to stoke outrage and overturn the law.
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2021 C.E. September 27
Hawaii pledges to conserve, restore or grow 100 million trees by 2030
The One Trillion Trees Pledge is part of the 24-hour Global Citizen Live event today to “defend the planet and defeat poverty” and is meant to achieve net-negative carbon goals and combat climate change.
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2021 C.E. September 27
San Marino votes overwhelmingly to legalize abortion
Around 77.30% of voters in the tiny European nation approved the measure which would make abortion legal in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
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2021 C.E. September 24
New California laws make housing more affordable and sustainable
California got three new laws that allow more homes to be built. Denser cities should shorten commutes, lower emissions, and make for more equitable housing.
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2021 C.E. September 24
Michelin’s airless passenger car tires get their first public outing
Michelin says "tweels" will last three times longer than normal tires, even when nothing goes wrong for the life of the tire, leading to a major reduction in waste.
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2021 C.E. September 24
Alabama begins removing racist language from its constitution
The state government is drafting amendments to its 1901 State Constitution that would remove discriminatory language. The changes would mark the end of the last remaining legal remnants of what are generally referred to as Jim Crow laws.
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2021 C.E. September 23
Boston University to fully divest from fossil fuel industry
Going forward, BU will phase out any investments in companies that extract oil and natural gas. The University’s endowment, more than $3 billion, will not have any direct investments in fossil fuel companies.
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2021 C.E. September 23
New York City is removing policing from city schools
The city’s 5,000 school safety agents will be transferred from the supervision of the New York police department to the Department of Education in June of next year.
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2021 C.E. September 23
World’s first battery-powered freight train unveiled in Pittsburgh
The train was built by rail-freight company Wabtec and showcased at Carnegie Mellon University as part of a bid by the two organizations to decarbonize rail freight transport in the U.S., The Guardian reported.
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2021 C.E. October 28
Private prison operator must pay inmates minimum wage for work, U.S. federal jury rules
The court found that GEO Group, a private prison operator that runs the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, WA, is violating the state's minimum wage laws by paying its workers $1 per day.
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2021 C.E. October 28
Costco raised its minimum wage to $17 an hour
Costco has around 180,000 US employees, and 90% of them work hourly. Costco's new starting wage puts the chain $2/hr above Amazon, Target, and other top retailers' minimum wage, and $5/hr above Walmart.
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2021 C.E. October 27
Cleveland Clinic launches human trials on first-of-its-kind preventative breast cancer vaccine
After two decades of preclinical research, human trials are set to begin on a unique preventative vaccine that is designed to target a protein commonly expressed by triple-negative breast cancers.
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2021 C.E. October 27
New Zealand swears in first Indigenous Māori Governor-general
Before being sworn in as New Zealand's first Māori Governor-general last week, Dame Cindy Kiro forged a career in academics, holding various leadership roles at many New Zealand universities.
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2021 C.E. October 27
U.S. issues first passport with non-binary “X” gender marker in historic move
The X gender marker will become a part of the routine passport application process in early 2022.
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2021 C.E. October 26
Largest Dutch pension fund to divest from fossil fuel producers
The ABP fund is a wealthy and influential investor that manages the pension savings of more than 3 million Dutch workers and has some 15 billion euros invested in fossil fuel production.
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2021 C.E. October 26
Solar microgrids to bring 80,000 people power in Sierra Leone
The 32 solar microgrids totaling 1.7 megawatts by the name of the Movamba Project will provide power to communities totaling 80,000 people—including 23 health centers.
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2021 C.E. October 26
Paris plans to be 100% cyclable by 2026
In a new initiative to update its existing Plan Velo for a more cycle-friendly city, Paris, France is investing 250 million euros ($290 million) to make the city entirely bikeable.
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2021 C.E. October 25
McDonald’s to trial McPlant plant-based burger in the U.S.
McDonald's is looking to expand its menu to include purely plant-based options, and began trialing its first such offering, the PLT, in Europe and Canada in 2019.
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2021 C.E. October 25
‘Landmark decision’ gives legal teeth to protect environmental defenders throughout Europe
It is the first ever internationally-agreed tool to safeguard environmental defenders and marks an important step in upholding the universal right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.