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2023 C.E. October 18
Indigenous seed collectors grow a network of restoration across Brazil
The seed collector networks are the base of the ecological restoration chain and will play an essential role in enabling Brazil to reach its goal of restoring 12.5 million hectares (30.9 million acres) of native vegetation by 2030 — vital in the fight to avoid climate breakdown.
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2023 C.E. October 18
Young driver fatality rates have fallen sharply in the U.S. over last two decades
Using data from 2002-2021, the Governors Highway Safety Association says that fatal crashes involving a young driver in the U.S. fell by 38%, while deaths of young drivers dropped even more, by about 45%.
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2023 C.E. October 18
U.S. announces ‘largest ever’ investment in its electric grid to advance climate goals
The Biden administration has announced $3.46 billion in funding to upgrade the U.S.’s aging electric grid, the largest investment to date in the grid. The funding will help get more than 35 gigawatts of renewable energy online, equivalent to about half of the utility-scale solar capacity in the nation in 2022.
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2023 C.E. October 17
Hong Kong courts rule in same-sex couples’ favor
Hong Kong’s Court of Appeals ruled in favor of two same-sex couples in separate cases involving their rights to own and rent public housing. While same-sex marriage is not legal in the city, the rulings follow other decisions that have firmly established same-sex couples’ rights to equal treatment under the law.
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2023 C.E. October 16
Laos has officially eliminated elephantiasis as a public health problem
For centuries, this disease has afflicted millions of people worldwide, causing pain, severe disability and social stigmatization. It is now the second neglected tropical disease (NTD) that the Southeast Asian country has eliminated following the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in 2017.
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2023 C.E. October 11
The Kenya Nut Company to become world’s first farm to produce fossil-free fertilizer on site
Every day, the plant will produce 1 ton of ammonia, which can be applied to crops as fertilizer.
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2023 C.E. October 11
California creates nation’s first ‘Ebony Alert’ to find missing Black children
Senate Bill 673 will create the "Ebony Alert" system for missing Black children and young women. When activated, the proposed system – similar to Amber or Silver alerts — would inform people of missing Black children and young women between the ages of 12 to 25.
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2023 C.E. October 11
China likely already hit peak oil demand in 2023
Now, half of the world’s economy has already reached peak gasoline and diesel demand while electric vehicle deliveries in every segment are shooting through the roof.
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2023 C.E. October 11
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe celebrates the return of salmon after century-long wait
More than a century ago, two dams were placed on the Elwha, blocking almost 90 miles of the river and its tributaries in Washington State. The dams were removed in August of 2014. Now, for the first time in more than a hundred years, members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe are fishing for coho salmon on the free-flowing river.
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2023 C.E. October 11
Brazil strikes intruders of Amazon’s most deforested Indigenous land
The Brazilian government has launched a long-awaited operation to remove thousands of non-Indigenous invaders illegally occupying two ancestral territories in the Amazon Rainforest, in what human rights defenders hail as a victory for protecting Native communities.
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2023 C.E. October 18
Indigenous seed collectors grow a network of restoration across Brazil
The seed collector networks are the base of the ecological restoration chain and will play an essential role in enabling Brazil to reach its goal of restoring 12.5 million hectares (30.9 million acres) of native vegetation by 2030 — vital in the fight to avoid climate breakdown.
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2023 C.E. October 18
Young driver fatality rates have fallen sharply in the U.S. over last two decades
Using data from 2002-2021, the Governors Highway Safety Association says that fatal crashes involving a young driver in the U.S. fell by 38%, while deaths of young drivers dropped even more, by about 45%.
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2023 C.E. October 18
U.S. announces ‘largest ever’ investment in its electric grid to advance climate goals
The Biden administration has announced $3.46 billion in funding to upgrade the U.S.’s aging electric grid, the largest investment to date in the grid. The funding will help get more than 35 gigawatts of renewable energy online, equivalent to about half of the utility-scale solar capacity in the nation in 2022.
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2023 C.E. October 17
Hong Kong courts rule in same-sex couples’ favor
Hong Kong’s Court of Appeals ruled in favor of two same-sex couples in separate cases involving their rights to own and rent public housing. While same-sex marriage is not legal in the city, the rulings follow other decisions that have firmly established same-sex couples’ rights to equal treatment under the law.
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2023 C.E. October 16
Laos has officially eliminated elephantiasis as a public health problem
For centuries, this disease has afflicted millions of people worldwide, causing pain, severe disability and social stigmatization. It is now the second neglected tropical disease (NTD) that the Southeast Asian country has eliminated following the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in 2017.
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2023 C.E. October 11
The Kenya Nut Company to become world’s first farm to produce fossil-free fertilizer on site
Every day, the plant will produce 1 ton of ammonia, which can be applied to crops as fertilizer.
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2023 C.E. October 11
California creates nation’s first ‘Ebony Alert’ to find missing Black children
Senate Bill 673 will create the "Ebony Alert" system for missing Black children and young women. When activated, the proposed system – similar to Amber or Silver alerts — would inform people of missing Black children and young women between the ages of 12 to 25.
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2023 C.E. October 11
China likely already hit peak oil demand in 2023
Now, half of the world’s economy has already reached peak gasoline and diesel demand while electric vehicle deliveries in every segment are shooting through the roof.
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2023 C.E. October 11
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe celebrates the return of salmon after century-long wait
More than a century ago, two dams were placed on the Elwha, blocking almost 90 miles of the river and its tributaries in Washington State. The dams were removed in August of 2014. Now, for the first time in more than a hundred years, members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe are fishing for coho salmon on the free-flowing river.
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2023 C.E. October 11
Brazil strikes intruders of Amazon’s most deforested Indigenous land
The Brazilian government has launched a long-awaited operation to remove thousands of non-Indigenous invaders illegally occupying two ancestral territories in the Amazon Rainforest, in what human rights defenders hail as a victory for protecting Native communities.