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2023 C.E. November 16
For the first time, U.S. prisoners graduate from top university
Northwestern University's Prison Education Program has now welcomed its inaugural graduating class of incarcerated students. Around 100 students are enrolled in the Northwestern program across Stateville Correctional Center for men and the Logan Correctional Center for women.
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2023 C.E. November 15
Heirloom Carbon Technologies opens first carbon capture facility in the U.S.
The team behind the project said their newly opened direct air capture (DAC) facility near San Francisco will be able to siphon CO2 out of the atmosphere and store it securely underground in concrete.
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2023 C.E. November 15
New York surgeons perform world’s first successful eyeball transplant
Besides the eyeball, the patient, 46-year-old Aaron James of Hot Springs, Arkansas, also received a partial face transplant and an infusion of donor stem cells to the optic nerve during the more than 20-hour surgery.
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2023 C.E. November 14
World’s first commercial-scale ocean thermal energy generator to be built off the coast of São Tomé and Príncipe
The Dominique barge is designed to provide a net output of 1.5 megawatts year-round, enough to supply nearly 17% of the nation's entire 78 million-odd kilowatt hour energy consumption. London company Global OTEC plans to begin commissioning the project in 2023.
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2023 C.E. November 14
Dominica to create world’s first sperm whale reserve
Commercial fishing will not be permitted in the reserve, but artisanal fishing will be allowed, as long as it is sustainable and does not endanger the whales. Large ships will be required to use designated ocean corridors to avoid disturbing the mammals.
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2023 C.E. November 13
One-dose drug reduced genetic bad cholesterol by 94% for almost a year
Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic have conducted the first human trials of a new drug, lepodisiran, that has the potential to eliminate a risk factor for cardiovascular disease for which there is currently no treatment.
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2023 C.E. November 13
E.U. agrees to restore 20% of its lands and waters by 2030
In order to meet these goals, member nations must restore a minimum of 30% of the types of habitat covered by the Nature Restoration Law that are in “poor condition” to a “good condition” by the end of the decade, with an increase to 60% by the end of the following decade and 90% by 2050.
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2023 C.E. November 13
Kenyans get tree-planting holiday to plant 100 million seedlings
The government is making available about 150 million seedlings in public nurseries in an effort to combat climate change. The tree planting will be supported by an app that helps people match their location with an appropriate species and creates a communal record of tree-planting activities across the country.
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2023 C.E. November 10
Australia offers Tuvalu residents special climate emergency visas in ‘groundbreaking’ treaty
It is expected that by 2050, half the land area of Tuvalu's capital, Funafuti, will be flooded by tidal waters daily. Under the deal, Australia has committed to provide access to education, health care and income and family support instantly to Tuvaluans upon arrival.
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2023 C.E. November 10
Germany approves global minimum corporate tax
In 2021 almost 140 countries agreed to an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development deal they are meant to implement from next year to prevent big companies from avoiding taxation by transferring profits to low-tax countries. Germany has now formally implemented that commitment.
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2023 C.E. November 16
For the first time, U.S. prisoners graduate from top university
Northwestern University's Prison Education Program has now welcomed its inaugural graduating class of incarcerated students. Around 100 students are enrolled in the Northwestern program across Stateville Correctional Center for men and the Logan Correctional Center for women.
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2023 C.E. November 15
Heirloom Carbon Technologies opens first carbon capture facility in the U.S.
The team behind the project said their newly opened direct air capture (DAC) facility near San Francisco will be able to siphon CO2 out of the atmosphere and store it securely underground in concrete.
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2023 C.E. November 15
New York surgeons perform world’s first successful eyeball transplant
Besides the eyeball, the patient, 46-year-old Aaron James of Hot Springs, Arkansas, also received a partial face transplant and an infusion of donor stem cells to the optic nerve during the more than 20-hour surgery.
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2023 C.E. November 14
World’s first commercial-scale ocean thermal energy generator to be built off the coast of São Tomé and Príncipe
The Dominique barge is designed to provide a net output of 1.5 megawatts year-round, enough to supply nearly 17% of the nation's entire 78 million-odd kilowatt hour energy consumption. London company Global OTEC plans to begin commissioning the project in 2023.
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2023 C.E. November 14
Dominica to create world’s first sperm whale reserve
Commercial fishing will not be permitted in the reserve, but artisanal fishing will be allowed, as long as it is sustainable and does not endanger the whales. Large ships will be required to use designated ocean corridors to avoid disturbing the mammals.
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2023 C.E. November 13
One-dose drug reduced genetic bad cholesterol by 94% for almost a year
Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic have conducted the first human trials of a new drug, lepodisiran, that has the potential to eliminate a risk factor for cardiovascular disease for which there is currently no treatment.
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2023 C.E. November 13
E.U. agrees to restore 20% of its lands and waters by 2030
In order to meet these goals, member nations must restore a minimum of 30% of the types of habitat covered by the Nature Restoration Law that are in “poor condition” to a “good condition” by the end of the decade, with an increase to 60% by the end of the following decade and 90% by 2050.
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2023 C.E. November 13
Kenyans get tree-planting holiday to plant 100 million seedlings
The government is making available about 150 million seedlings in public nurseries in an effort to combat climate change. The tree planting will be supported by an app that helps people match their location with an appropriate species and creates a communal record of tree-planting activities across the country.
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2023 C.E. November 10
Australia offers Tuvalu residents special climate emergency visas in ‘groundbreaking’ treaty
It is expected that by 2050, half the land area of Tuvalu's capital, Funafuti, will be flooded by tidal waters daily. Under the deal, Australia has committed to provide access to education, health care and income and family support instantly to Tuvaluans upon arrival.
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2023 C.E. November 10
Germany approves global minimum corporate tax
In 2021 almost 140 countries agreed to an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development deal they are meant to implement from next year to prevent big companies from avoiding taxation by transferring profits to low-tax countries. Germany has now formally implemented that commitment.