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2019 C.E. August 16
PNC Bank will no longer finance private prisons that profit from mass incarceration and immigrant detention
This decision was announced in the wake of a petition directed at PNC circulating from the Families Belong Together coalition of over 250 activist groups, representing over 11 million people.
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2019 C.E. August 16
11 million new trees to be planted in England by water companies
The firms will be planting trees on around 15,000 acres of land across England, as well as supporting work to restore original woodland and improving habitats that store carbon.
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2019 C.E. August 15
Scientists in South Africa discover a cure for the deadliest strain of tuberculosis
The new drug regimen tested has shown a 90% success rate against a deadly plague, extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
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2019 C.E. August 15
China’s solar power is now cheaper than grid electricity, scientists reveal
Scientists found that all of the 344 cities they looked at could have cheaper electricity powered by solar energy, according to the study published in the journal Nature Energy.
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2019 C.E. August 14
Oregon mandates cage-free eggs by 2024
The new law mandates that all eggs produced or sold in the state must come from cage-free hens by 2024.
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2019 C.E. August 14
Japan records lowest suicide rate since statistics were first kept in 1978
2018 marks the ninth consecutive with a year-on-year decrease in suicides in Japan and the first time in 37 years for the total to fall below 21,000.
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2019 C.E. August 13
Youth literacy rate in Bangladesh soars to 93%
Youth literacy rates in Bangladesh have risen to almost 93%, up from 62% in 2006 and 45% in 1991.
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2019 C.E. August 13
Illinois passes law requiring LGBT history curriculum be taught in schools
The law requires all schools in the state include "the role and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the history of this country and this State" in official textbooks.
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2019 C.E. August 12
Simone Biles becomes the first gymnast to land a double-double dismount
The 22-year-old just became the first gymnast to ever attempt and land a double-twisting, double somersault dismount off the balance beam.
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2019 C.E. August 12
Beijing breathes cleanest air on record
Beijing reported the lowest level of air pollutants in the first half this year since the city started recording related data 35 years ago.
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2019 C.E. October 8
New drugs improve late-stage melanoma survival rate in the U.K. from 5% to 52%
Melanoma is the fifth most common cancer in the UK and kills nearly 2,300 people each year. Doctors said this new intervention marked an extraordinary and rapid transformation in care.
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2019 C.E. October 7
Los Angeles commits to planting 90,000 trees by end of 2021
Mayor Garcetti, who in late April announced his version of a Green New Deal for the city tasked the city with the goal of planting a whopping 90,000 trees by the end of 2021.
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2019 C.E. October 7
Samsung team up with Bulb for world’s first home energy control service
SmartThings Energy Control' helps people with smart meters monitor their energy use in (almost) real-time from the convenience of their smartphone or tablet.
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2019 C.E. October 4
Dolphins begin to live and breed in the Potomac River again
After decades of pollution control and restoration efforts, researchers have cataloged over 1,000 dolphins living, mating, and giving birth in the river.
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2019 C.E. October 4
Estonia joins 24 European countries in favor of net zero emissions by 2050
Estonia was one of four hold-out countries which blocked an EU-wide agreement for a carbon neutrality by 2050 target last June.
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2019 C.E. October 3
India replaces ten million conventional streetlights with ‘energy-efficient’ LEDs
These LED streetlights have helped the country to reduce its greenhouse gas emission by 4.63 million tonnes annually.
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2019 C.E. October 3
The Ocean Cleanup begins catching trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
At age 19, Boyan Slat founded The Ocean Cleanup. The organization has developed a massive plastic-cleaning device which is now operating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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2019 C.E. October 2
All banking partners to private prison leader GEO Group to stop funding private prisons
Eight major banks have announced their commitment to ending their support of the immigration detention center and private prison industry.
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2019 C.E. October 2
Thailand to ban imports of high-tech trash, plastic waste
Southeast Asia nations fear they are the new dumping ground for the world's trash after China banned the entry of several types of waste as part of a campaign against foreign garbage.
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2019 C.E. October 1
Washington state launches statewide standing order for Naloxone
Naloxone (or Narcan) is a medication that can save lives by reversing the effects of an opioid overdose. Now anyone in Washington state who needs naloxone can get it at a pharmacy.