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2017 C.E. August 17
Baltimore removes Confederate statues
Statues dedicated to Confederate heroes were swiftly removed across Baltimore, just days after violence broke out over the removal of a similar monument in neighboring Virginia.
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2017 C.E. August 16
U.K. pledges £100m to global efforts to eradicate polio
Money will fund vaccination of 45 million children annually until 2020, when the world could finally be declared polio-free
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2017 C.E. August 16
Indianapolis City-County Council votes to increase minimum wage for county, city employees
The 22-2 vote allowed minimum wage to be set at $13 per hour.
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2017 C.E. August 15
The Uruguayan government is drafting a law to pay reparations to transgender people
The general assembly is currently reviewing a proposal that will create scholarships, set up affirmative action, and allow people to change their name and sex on official documents without approval from a judge.
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2017 C.E. August 15
Primark makes sustainable cotton permanent fixture
Primark has made sustainable cotton a permanent fixture in its stores with the launch of its first sustainable cotton pyjamas for women.
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2017 C.E. August 15
More CEOs quit Trump advisory council After Merck chief resigns over Charlottesville
Multiple members of the White House manufacturing council have resigned in protest this week over President Donald Trump's botched response to a deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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2017 C.E. August 15
Dutch airports to be powered by renewable energy from 2018
The Royal Schiphol Group has announced that all of its business units are set to run on sustainable power from the beginning of 2018.
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2017 C.E. August 10
Rhode Island becomes fourth U.S. state to make community college free
The Promise Scholarship will cover the cost of tuition and fees at the Community College of Rhode Island for new students starting this fall regardless of their income.
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2017 C.E. August 10
Orlando becomes 40th U.S. city to commit to 100% renewable energy
The Orlando City Commission unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday establishing a goal to move Orlando to 100 percent clean and renewable energy by 2050.
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2017 C.E. August 10
Nepal outlaws custom of exiling women during their periods
The ancient Hindu tradition of Chhaupadi, whereby women are confined to animal sheds during menstruation to keep "impurity" out of the home, was banned by the supreme court in 2005.
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2017 C.E. October 16
European Union and India partner on Paris Agreement implementation
India and the European Union (EU) have issued a joint statement on clean energy and climate change, pledging to step up cooperation to enhance implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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2017 C.E. October 16
Google to give $1 billion to nonprofits and help Americans get jobs in the new economy
Google will make grants in its three core areas: education, economic opportunity and inclusion. Already in the last few months, it has handed out $100 million of the $1 billion to nonprofits.
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2017 C.E. October 13
38% of Fortune 50 companies now publicly support the Sustainable Development Goals
An impressive 38 percent of the F50 have made a public commitment to support the SDGs.
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2017 C.E. October 13
California DISCLOSE Act signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown to combat dark money
Today, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the landmark California DISCLOSE Act (AB 249), the nation's most comprehensive election disclosure law.
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2017 C.E. October 12
BNP Paribas plans to stop working with shale oil players and shift to renewable investments
"We're a long-standing partner to the energy sector and we're determined to support the transition to a more sustainable world,"
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2017 C.E. October 12
Uruguay’s 1st transgender senator seated, vows protections
The 34-year-old lawmaker representing the Communist Party assumed her seat in the upper chamber of congress, where she intends to push a law that would let transgender people change their legal identities without having to get a judge's approval.
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2017 C.E. October 11
New York based consortium to invest $130 million in Lithium-ion Giga-Factory
Imperium3 New York will be investing over $130 million over the next five years to help the wide commercialisation and cost reduction of lithium-ion batteries.
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2017 C.E. October 11
Scientists have successfully reversed advanced heart failure in mice
The discovery, which involves "silencing" the Hippo pathway in the heart, could lead to better treatments for those at risk of heart failure potentially ones that could eliminate the condition entirely.
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2017 C.E. October 10
Oregon’s new motor voter law is registering more young people
Since registered voters skew older, Oregon's automatic voter registration law is correcting the age bias and giving people of all ages access to the ballot.