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2021 C.E. January 4
U.S. renewable energy consumption surpasses coal for first time in over 130 years
Compared with 2018, coal consumption in the United States decreased nearly 15%, and total renewable energy consumption grew by 1%.
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2020 C.E. December 30
New Jersey trailblazes with $250m monopile factory to supply U.S. offshore wind industry
New Jersey is creating long-term, well-paid jobs with this huge offshore wind manufacturing initiative that will serve the entire U.S. offshore wind industry.
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2020 C.E. December 30
New York enacts legislation that requires single-person bathrooms to be gender neutral
School, restaurants, and state-operated facilities in the Empire State will have to make single-occupancy restrooms open to anyone, regardless of gender.
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2020 C.E. December 30
Argentina makes abortion legal in landmark vote
Argentina becomes the first large Latin American country to ditch stringent antiabortion regulations in a vote expected to boost feminist movements across the predominantly Catholic region.
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2020 C.E. December 29
Oslo, Norway cuts pedestrian and cyclist deaths to zero
Last year, the city recorded zero pedestrian or cyclist deaths, bringing the capital in line with its “Vision Zero”, an undertaking to eliminate all fatalities on public roads.
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2020 C.E. December 29
CRA reveals the world’s first compostable marker
Scribit Pen cartridges are made of natural fibers and contain non-toxic, water-based ink.
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2020 C.E. December 29
Seven major truck makers to end production of diesel vehicles by 2040
Daf, Daimler, Ford, Iveco, Man, Scania, and Volvo will switch to hydrogen and electric vehicles, allowing them to achieve their zero-emissions goals a decade earlier than planned.
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2020 C.E. December 28
Jelly Belly unveils gelatin-free vegan candies
Jelly Belly launched a vegan candy gummy that is shaped like a jelly belly, but that replaces the gelatin with tapioca and minimal artificial coloring.
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2020 C.E. December 28
E.U. bans exporting unsorted plastic waste to poorer countries
The European Union's executive branch announced new rules for plastic waste—including a ban on some exports to poorer countries—that will take effect on January 1.
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2020 C.E. December 28
Cambridge, Massachusetts to be first US city to post warning stickers on gas pumps
"The gas pump stickers will remind drivers to think about climate change and hopefully consider non-polluting options.”
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2021 C.E. February 1
Three major banks will no longer finance oil trade in the Amazon Sacred Headwaters region in Ecuador
The decision from Credit Suisse, ING, and BNP Paribas is seen as a major victory for environmental and Indigenous rights activists, Reuters reported.
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2021 C.E. February 1
Finnish hockey club aims to become world’s first carbon-neutral team
Lahti Pelicans, a Finnish ice hockey club, is championing for a carbon-free world. In celebration of Lahti’s crowning as the 2021 European Green Capital, the Pelicans set a goal of becoming the first carbon-neutral hockey club in the world.
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2021 C.E. February 1
President Biden orders end to fossil fuel subsidies
The executive order “directs federal agencies to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies as consistent with applicable law and identify new opportunities to spur innovation, commercialization, and deployment of clean energy technologies and infrastructure.”
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2021 C.E. January 29
U.S. federal government to discontinue use of private prisons
A new executive order calls on the Department of Justice to not renew contracts with privately operated criminal detention centers. There are currently more than 14,000 incarcerated individuals housed in privately-operated facilities in the US.
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2021 C.E. January 29
Sweden to build reindeer bridges so the animals can safely cross highways
Work will begin this year on the first of the Swedish renoducts over the E4 motorway north of the city of Umeå, Vetenskapsradion reported.
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2021 C.E. January 29
GM commits to ending sales of gas-powered cars by 2035
GM’s CEO Mary Barra specifically announced that the company aims to be carbon neutral by 2040.
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2021 C.E. January 28
Illinois becomes first U.S. state to end cash bail system
In a huge win for racial justice, the state of Illinois is on the verge of becoming the first state to end wealth-based pre-trial detention.
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2021 C.E. January 28
Africa to get its first, exclusively LGBTQ cruise in 2022
Organized by AfriGay Travel, the three-night cruise will launch on March 11, 2022. It will set sail from Durban in South Africa and travel to Portuguese Island in neighboring Mozambique.
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2021 C.E. January 28
U.K. supports climate action in the Global South with $4 billion plan
The U.K. government has announced it will commit at least US $4 billion to climate change solutions in developing countries, helping to protect and restore nature and biodiversity over five years.
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2021 C.E. January 27
China passes landmark law protecting the Yangtze River
With 96 separate provisions for the river system spread across nine chapters of legislation, it is the largest environmental protection bill the rivers of China have ever seen, and will enter into force on March 1.