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We are building the world’s largest database of social change milestones, from the first fire to today’s good news. Change is not only possible, it has happened consistently throughout human history. Filter by era, country, topic, actor, source, and more.
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2019 C.E. July 5
Nestle creates wrapper that degrades in the sea within six months
"We know it will degrade in a marine environment within six months, which, compared to the flow wrap that it's currently in, it's about 450 years."
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2019 C.E. July 5
Minnesota Methodists resolve to allow officiating of same-sex unions, LGBT ordination
Members of Minnesota's United Methodist Church voted to commit to full inclusion of LGBT people.
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2019 C.E. July 4
The Co-op Group commits to reducing GHG emissions 50% by 2025
The U.K. retail company's Annual General Meeting 2019 saw 98% of Co-op Members vote in favor to take action against the climate crisis.
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2019 C.E. July 4
New California budget offers two free years of community college
The new California budget spends $280 million in total to make college more affordable.
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2019 C.E. July 3
Scientists eliminate HIV in animal genome in historic first
"Our study shows that treatment to suppress HIV replication and gene editing therapy, when given sequentially, can eliminate HIV from cells and organs of infected animals."
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2019 C.E. July 3
New York City begins enforcing Styrofoam ban
The city banned Styrofoam because the material can't be "recycled in a manner that is economically feasible" or "environmentally effective."
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2019 C.E. July 2
Paris bans nearly 3 million vehicles during weekdays to curb pollution
The policy is set to ban diesel cars and vans made before Jan. 1, 2006, from the city between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on weekdays.
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2019 C.E. July 2
Lightyear unveils the world’s first long-range solar car
Lightyear's solar-powered EV boasts a range of 450 miles on a single charge - far more than the 370 miles of Tesla's market-leading Model S.
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2019 C.E. July 1
Illinois is expunging marijuana convictions from nearly 800,000 criminal records
In addition to legalizing marijuana, Illinois HB 1438 offers relief to the roughly 770,000 residents of the state with marijuana-related offenses on their criminal records.
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2019 C.E. July 1
Costs of building large-scale solar installations in India fell by 27 per cent in 2018
Around the globe, prices are falling and India is now producing the world's cheapest solar power, according to an IRENA survey.
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2019 C.E. August 20
World’s largest urban rooftop farm to open in Paris in 2020
French company Agripolis is opening a 150,000-square-foot urban farm in Paris, where it will grow more than 2,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables every day during high season.
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2019 C.E. August 19
Egypt to lead solar energy projects in seven African countries
The Arab Industrialization Organization, owned by the Egyptian government, will develop renewable energies and reduce energy shortages in Uganda, Congo, Tanzania, Eritrea, Somalia and South Sudan.
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2019 C.E. August 19
The Bangladeshi Supreme Court has given all rivers in the country legal rights
Now, people who damage a river can get taken to court by the government-appointed National River Conservation Commission. They'll be tried as if they'd harmed a living entity.
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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.