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2017 C.E. June 30
Qinghai province in China ran on 100% renewable energy for 7 days
For seven continuous days, over 5 million citizens living in the Qinghai Province in northwest China survived on 100 percent renewable energy, according to the State-run Xinhua News Agency.
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2017 C.E. June 30
Parliament in Germany approves same-sex marriage
Lawmakers in Germany voted on Friday to allow same-sex marriage after a brisk but emotional debate in Parliament, setting the stage for the country to join more than a dozen European nations including Ireland, France and Spain in legalizing such unions.
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2017 C.E. June 30
Minneapolis City Council approves $15 minimum wage
The Minneapolis City Council approved a $15 minimum wage Friday, a move years in the making that will affect hundreds of businesses and thousands of workers across the city.
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2017 C.E. June 29
111 terminally ill patients took their own lives in first 6 months of California right-to-die law
The End of Life Option Act made California the fifth state in the nation to allow patients with less than six months to live to request end-of-life drugs from their doctors.
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2017 C.E. June 28
Paraguay to pass renewable energy law this year
Paraguay is preparing to issue its first legislation to support the development of renewable energy sources, including solar and wind power, by the end of 2017.
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2017 C.E. June 27
Pakistan issues its first passport recognizing a transgender designation
Instead of having "male" or "female" listed on their official documents, Pakistani transgender men and women can have a "X" under the sex category.
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2017 C.E. June 27
Nordic states support UN Sustainable Development Goals
Leaders of the five largest Nordic countries recently announced support of the Nordic countries as a whole for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed under UN auspices.
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2017 C.E. June 26
World’s biggest coal company closes 37 mines as solar prices plummet
Coal India, the world's biggest coal mining company and producer of 82 percent of the country's coal, announced the closure of 37 mines that are financially "unviable."
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2017 C.E. June 26
France to ban all new oil and gas exploration licenses
France plans to terminate the granting oil and gas exploration licenses at home and in overseas territories, as the country aims to increase the share of renewables in the nation's energy mix.
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2017 C.E. June 23
Philadelphia commits to 100 percent renewable energy by 2035
Weeks after Mayor Jim Kenney denounced the White House's move to reject the Paris climate accord, Philadelphia announced today that it has committed to transitioning to 100 percent clean energy.
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2017 C.E. August 18
Japan acting on Sustainable Development Goals
The Environment Ministry is working to incorporate the goals into its policy reports and plans, while a growing number of companies are aligning their business and product strategies to the agenda.
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2017 C.E. August 18
Sri Lanka to achieve 100% renewables by 2050
According to the report, Sri Lanka's installed electricity generation capacity needs will increase from 3,700MW to 34,000MW by 2050.
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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 17
U.S. wind and solar power helped prevent up to 12,700 deaths
The lower carbon emissions were worth billions of dollars as a result of the avoidance of the range of problems caused by fossil fuels.
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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 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 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 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
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
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.