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2018 C.E. November 15
St. Paul City Council passes $15 minimum wage, and mayor signs it
Minnesota's second-largest city has joined the growing wave of cities across the country that have decided to require that workers be paid a minimum of $15 an hour.
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2018 C.E. November 15
Special bacteria is found to be a ‘battery’ that turns sewage waste into clean hydrogen energy
A new study has found that purple phototrophic bacteria when supplied with an electric current can recover near to 100% of carbon from any type of organic waste, while generating hydrogen gas for electricity production.
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2018 C.E. November 15
Massachusetts voters uphold transgender rights law
The Yes on 3 campaign described Massachusetts as the first state in the nation "to successfully defend transgender rights by popular vote."
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2018 C.E. November 13
JPMorgan Chase commits to $18 an hour minimum wage in D.C.
JPMorgan Chase bank has committed to paying its newly hired tellers, bankers and branch managers in the Washington area a minimum of $18 an hour.
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2018 C.E. November 13
BBC announces new Greener Broadcasting strategy
The broadcaster has set a number of sustainability goals to be completed by 2022. They aim to reduce carbon emissions by 24 per cent as well as operating a zero waste to landfill policy.
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2018 C.E. November 12
Denmark to ban sale of new fossil fuel cars in 11 years
The prime minister of Denmark announced that the country will be banning the sale of new gasoline and diesel-fueled cars in 2030 as a means of reducing their carbon footprint.
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2018 C.E. November 12
Colorado elects nation’s first openly gay governor
Colorado Democratic US Rep. Jared Polis will be his state's next governor, becoming the nation's first openly gay man elected to a governor's mansion.
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2018 C.E. November 11
U.S. Supreme Court lets youths’ case demanding climate action proceed
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to halt the trial in a lawsuit brought by 21 young people seeking to force the federal government to take action to address climate change.
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2018 C.E. November 11
Scotland becomes first country to require schools to teach LGBT curriculum
Scotland has become the first country in the world to require its public schools nationwide to add LGBT history and inclusion to their curriculums.
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2018 C.E. November 11
Record number of women heading to U.S. Congress
More than 100 women were projected to win seats in the House of Representatives, easily shattering the record.
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2019 C.E. January 10
Iguanas successfully reintroduced to Galapagos island after 200 years
More than 1,400 land iguanas, scientific name Conolophus subcristatus, were taken from the neighboring North Seymour Island and released on Santiago Island between January 3 and 4.
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2019 C.E. January 10
Solar investment at $9.7 billion globally in 2018
Public market financing increased in 2018 to $2.3 billion raised in 21 deals from $1.7 billion raised in 33 deals in 2017.
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2019 C.E. January 10
U.K. trains will run on hydrogen power within three years and produce zero emissions
For the first time ever, hydrogen-fueled trains will soon be running on U.K. railways.
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2019 C.E. January 8
65 countries and counting ratify the Kigali Agreement to reduce HFCs
The world has taken an important step to drastically reduce the powerful greenhouse gasses hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) with the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol coming into force.
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2019 C.E. January 8
Bulgarian doctors implant world’s first 3D-printed rib
The physicians say that the 35-year-old patient is in "perfect health" after the procedure, and they are already planning on performing additional surgeries with the 3D-printed 'bones,' including three ribs along with a sternum.
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2019 C.E. January 8
Solar power in the Netherlands grows 50% in 2019
The share of renewables in the country's electricity consumption rose from 15% to 17% compared to the year before.
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2019 C.E. January 4
5 million Indian women just made a 385-mile human chain for gender equality
The wall was a statement of gender equality, and a call to end violent protests against women trying to enter Kerala's Sabarimala temple, a pilgrimage site for Hindus.
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2019 C.E. January 4
Ikea bans all single-use plastic from its stores and restaurants
The Swedish furniture giant said it will stop selling single-use plastic products like straws, plates, cups, freezer bags, garbage bags, and plastic-coated paper plates and cups.
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2019 C.E. January 4
Mars Inc. to spend $1 billion over ten years to combat deforestation, child labor, and poverty in its cocoa supply chain
Under the new sustainability scheme - which will cost the company $1 billion over 10 years - all the cocoa it buys will be responsibly sourced by 2025, the parent company of M&Ms, Snickers, and Twix said.
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2019 C.E. January 4
New York’s Solar For All program will award no-cost community solar to 10,000 low-income residents
In a bid to reduce the energy costs for low income New York households, while also helping to increase access to renewable energy for both renters and homeowners alike, the state is enabling no-cost community solar for up to 10,000 residents.