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2020 C.E. January 24
Legalising gay marriage caused dramatic fall in suicides in Denmark and Sweden, study finds
A 46 per cent fall in suicides among people in same-sex marriages was recorded by comparing two time periods in Denmark and Sweden – from 1989 to 2002, and 2003 to 2016.
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2020 C.E. January 23
Botswanan company brings plant-based meats to Sub-Saharan Africa
Infinite Foods, a subsidiary of Botswana-based Accite Holdings, plans to tackle Africa’s nutrition problem in a more sustainable way by promoting plant-based food products across Sub-Saharan Africa.
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2020 C.E. January 23
Utah bans conversion therapy for LGBTQ children
The discredited practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ children is now banned in Utah, making it the 19th state and one of the most conservative to prohibit it.
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2020 C.E. January 22
Fisheries management is effectively rebuilding fish stocks around the world
A global analysis from the University of Washington shows that nearly half of the fish caught worldwide are from stocks that are scientifically monitored and, on average, are increasing in abundance.
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2020 C.E. January 22
Researchers produce a single-molecule catalyst to form hydrogen using sunlight
Scientists for the first time have developed a single molecule that can absorb sunlight efficiently and act as a catalyst to transform solar energy into hydrogen, a clean alternative to fossil fuels.
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2020 C.E. January 21
Scotland on track for 100% renewable electricity in 2020
If Scotland achieves its target of being 100 percent powered by renewable electricity next year, it would join a small group of countries who have already accomplished the same goal: Albania, the Congo, Iceland, and Paraguay.
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2020 C.E. January 21
Global green bond issuance hit record $255 billion in 2019
Sean Kidney, CEO at Climate Bonds Initiative, said: “The 2019 results and 2020 estimates bring the vital international milestone of $1trillion in annual green investment by 2021/2022 into sight.
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2020 C.E. January 20
Malaysia begins refusing shipments of plastic waste from rich countries
Malaysia has sent back 150 containers of plastic waste to 13 countries since the Q3 2019, with the environment minster warning that those who want to make the country a rubbish bin of the world can “dream on.”
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2020 C.E. January 20
China becomes world’s largest nation to plan phase out of single-use plastics
In 2019, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) stated that by the end of 2020 single-use plastic bags would be banned in all of China’s major cities. By the end of 2022, the plastic bag ban was to be extended to all cities and towns. As the world's most populous nation and second-largest economy, this became the most significant plastic bag ban in history.
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2020 C.E. January 20
Local group stops proposed subdivision on environmentally sensitive lands in Ontario
According to Mr. Gibbons, the LPAT decision legally obliges the Town of Georgina to amend its MLE zoning bylaw to prevent development on 92 per cent of the MLE lands that are to be designated an “Environmental Protection Area.”
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2020 C.E. March 16
New Lyme disease treatment kills bacteria that causes lingering symptoms
A new Stanford Medicine study provides evidence that the drug azlocillin could be effective for treating Lyme disease patients infected with drug-tolerant bacteria.
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2020 C.E. March 16
First-ever Native American-owned film studio opens in New Mexico
The Tesuque Pueblo tribe of New Mexico has launched Camel Rock Studios, which lays claim as the first movie studio owned by a Native American tribe in the history of Hollywood.
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2020 C.E. March 13
New E.U. rules aim to replace “throwaway culture” with circular economy
The new laws will ensure that new products brought to the EU market are repairable, recyclable, and designed to last longer than our current phones and tablets.
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2020 C.E. March 13
A million seagrass seeds are being planted of the United Kingdom coast
Experts say seagrass helps tackle the effects of climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide faster than trees.
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2020 C.E. March 12
Colorado will replace Columbus Day with Cabrini Day
Cabrini Day - recognizing Frances Xavier Cabrini who created 67 schools, hospitals, and orphanages in the U.S. and South and Central America - will be the first paid state holiday recognizing a woman in the U.S.
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2020 C.E. March 12
Starbucks is piloting fully compostable cups in five cities
Starbucks is piloting cups that are just like the company's normal cups, but the plastic lining has been replaced with a compostable liner, making the cups recyclable and compostable.
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2020 C.E. March 11
Norway to make all of its domestic flights electric by 2040
By 2040, the country intends all short-haul flights leaving its airports to be on aircraft powered by electricity.
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2020 C.E. March 11
Second-ever patient cured of HIV
A man from London has become the second person in the world to be cured of HIV, doctors say. Adam Castillejo is still free of the virus more than 30 months after stopping anti-retroviral therapy.
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2020 C.E. March 10
UBS ends financing for all new offshore oil projects in Arctic
In addition to this announcement, the investment bank has achieved its sustainable investment goal three years early, increasing its core sustainable investments by more than 56% to USD $488 billion.
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2020 C.E. March 10
Emissions from global power sector dropped by record-breaking 2% in 2019
The historic decline in CO2 emissions was largely caused by Europe and the US shifting away from coal, resulting in a global 3% decline in coal-fired power generation - the largest drop in 30 years.