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2022 C.E. June 29
President Biden signs bipartisan gun control bill into law
The bill enhances background checks for gun buyers 21 years of age, provides billions for mental health services and closes the so-called "boyfriend loophole" to prevent convicted domestic abusers from purchasing a firearm for five years.
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2022 C.E. June 28
Japan withdraws funding for major coal projects in Indonesia and Bangladesh, effectively canceling them
Two planned coal-fired power plants, one in Indonesia and the other in Bangladesh, have had their funding withdrawn by the Japanese government, as part of Tokyo’s decision to no longer bankroll coal projects in either country.
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2022 C.E. June 28
African court rules in favor of Indigenous land titles, reparations from the Kenyan government
The African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights has ruled that the Kenyan government must pay reparations for repeatedly evicting Indigenous Ogiek people from ancestral lands in the Mau Forest.
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2022 C.E. June 28
Colombia launches largest ocean reef restoration project in the Americas
The project aims to grow one million fragments of coral and restore 200 hectares of reefs by 2023.
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2022 C.E. June 27
Airbus flies first helicopter with both engines burning 100% green fuel for the first time ever
The recent test flight is part of Airbus' policy of reaching certification of 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030 for both commercial aircraft and helicopters.
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2022 C.E. June 27
Colorado to phases out coal-fire energy production by 2031
The plan offers support to impacted workers and communities, lays the groundwork for a clean energy future, and results in a nearly 90 percent reduction in Xcel’s Colorado carbon emissions.
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2022 C.E. June 27
Washington State to block anti-abortion states from accessing ID data
Inslee, the longest-serving active US governor, said he will work to “plug any gaps” in privacy laws so women can obtain abortions without fear of their information being shared.
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2022 C.E. June 24
Revolutionary new photoimmunotherapy lights up and wipes out cancer cells
Experts are predicting that this new photoimmunotherapy will be the world’s fifth major cancer treatment following surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy.
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2022 C.E. June 24
Zero-emissions hydrogen cargo airship prototype planned for 2025
H2 Clipper claims it'll cost a quarter of what today's air freight services cost per ton-mile, making it an economically disruptive way to move bulk cargo as well as an opportunity to decarbonize trans-continental logistics operations.
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2022 C.E. June 24
E.U. extends carbon market to shipping and road transportation industries
Polluters will have to pay for all greenhouse gases they pollute — CO2, methane and nitrous oxide — when sailing within the EU and 50% of voyages outside of the bloc.
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2022 C.E. July 12
Slovenia set to be the first former communist country with marriage equality
Slovenia’s Constitutional Court ruled that the Balkan nation’s ban on LGBTQ marriage equality and adoption is “inadmissible discrimination against same-sex couples.”
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2022 C.E. July 8
Swiss refineries pledge to stop Brazilian Indigenous illegal gold imports
With Switzerland as one of the leading buyers of Brazilian gold, this stands as a powerful rebuke of this destructive practice.
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2022 C.E. July 8
Construction begins on Mammoth, the world’s largest CO2 direct air capture plant
Climeworks’ second commercial direct air capture plant, Mammoth, is designed to soak up 36,000 tons of CO2 annually.
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2022 C.E. July 7
Brazil’s High Court first to declare Paris Agreement a human rights treaty
As a result of the ruling, if Brazil’s Congress passes a law that conflicts with the Paris Agreement, the Paris Agreement should take precedence.
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2022 C.E. July 7
World’s first commercial sand battery begins energy storage in Finland
The company claims an efficiency factor up to 99 percent, a capability to store heat with minimal loss for months on end, and a lifespan in the decades.
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2022 C.E. July 7
1,000 acres of forest to be returned to Onondaga Nation in historic lake cleanup agreement
It is one of the largest land transfers made to an Indian nation in the United States, officials said, and the first time that land has been returned directly to a New York tribe.
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2022 C.E. July 6
Google to automatically delete abortion clinic visits from users’ history
Activists have said decisions like these could be important if the government begins seeking personal information in order to charge people who've had, sought or facilitated abortions.
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2022 C.E. July 6
E.U. to end undercounting of plug-in hybrid emissions
Currently, regulators assume PHEVs are driven far more in electric mode than is actually the case, leading to unrealistically low emissions ratings.
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2022 C.E. July 6
Caribbean court strikes down gay ban in Antigua & Barbuda
The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court found that Antigua and Barbuda’s 1995 Sexual Offenses Act “offends the right to liberty, protection of the law, freedom of expression, protection of personal privacy and protection from discrimination on the basis of sex.”
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2022 C.E. July 5
First couples wed as Swiss same-sex marriage law takes effect
The first same-sex marriages came about nine months after 64.1% of voters backed the “Marriage for All” law in a national referendum.