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2022 C.E. February 17
Scientists have likely cured HIV in a woman for the first time
Following a cutting-edge treatment four years ago, the “New York patient” is now off of HIV medication and remains “asymptomatic and healthy,” researchers say.
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2022 C.E. February 17
Kuwait overturns law used to prosecute transgender people
The law had criminalized “imitation of the opposite sex”, giving Kuwaiti authorities free rein to arrest and prosecute people whose appearance did not match the gender on their official identification card.
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2022 C.E. February 16
Reported crime in Japan hits postwar low for seventh year running
According to the National Police Agency, the number of reported crimes in 2021 decreased by 7.5% year on year to 568,148, setting a new postwar record for the seventh consecutive year.
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2022 C.E. February 16
Israel formally bans LGBTQ+ conversion therapy
While the Health Ministry has advised against conversion therapy for years, no formal prohibition had been issued against the practice until now.
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2022 C.E. February 14
Judge restores protections for gray wolves across much of U.S.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White in Oakland, California, said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had failed to show wolf populations could be sustained in the Midwest and portions of the West without protection under the Endangered Species Act.
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2022 C.E. February 14
California lifts renewable energy target to 73% by 2032
The California Public Utilities Commission raised renewable energy procurement targets, plans for a more aggressive decarbonization plan, and includes increased reliability provisions.
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2022 C.E. February 14
U.S. to install roughly 400,000 EV chargers along its highways
The U.S. Departments of Energy and Transportation announced that they will dedicate $5 billion over the next five years to the project.
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2022 C.E. February 14
Women-led, green businesses begin to sprout up in Ukraine
The U.N. migration agency IOM launched a pilot project called “Sustainably Made in Ukraine” in 2020, which led to the country's first voluntary Corporate Sustainability Standard for small and medium-sized enterprises.
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2022 C.E. February 11
Indigenous groups in Colombia are training youth to defend the Amazon rainforest
Since 2020, academics from two Bogota universities have visited riverside communities to teach youth accounting, computer and writing skills, and about laws protecting Indigenous rights.
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2022 C.E. February 10
“Revolutionary” pacemaker tackles heart failure by listening to the lungs
The University of Auckland team has spent more than a decade developing what they describe as a "bionic" pacemaker, a device designed to respond to the body's signals in real-time.
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2022 C.E. March 16
E.U. looks to cut reliance on Russian gas with new investment in climate-friendly heat pumps
The EU will target programs and policies to accelerate the installation of clean, efficient heat pumps to the tune of 10 million new heat pump installations in the next five years.
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2022 C.E. March 16
British Columbia ties highest in Canada minimum wage increases to inflation
British Columbia’s minimum wage is the highest among the provinces in Canada, and it is about to go even higher.
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2022 C.E. March 16
Tokyo schools drop controversial dress code on hair and underwear color
Other rules being cut include the practice of punishing students with a form of house arrest, and ambiguous language in the guidelines on what is considered "typical of high school students."
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2022 C.E. March 15
Ashley Callingbull becomes first Indigenous woman in iconic Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition
The Enoch Cree woman said that being featured as a proud, independent Indigenous woman in such a well-known magazine is a way to highlight a population that often is ignored or silenced.
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2022 C.E. March 15
Moore Foundation pledges extra $300m to boost conservation of Amazon
New targets include ensuring 247 million acres of freshwater and forest ecosystems, as well as Indigenous and local communities’ lands, are effectively managed.
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2022 C.E. March 15
Nepal’s first bird sanctuary takes flight, raising hope for conservation
More than 360 bird species, some of them native and some migratory, have been recorded in the complex, which covers 2,563 hectares (6,330 acres).
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2022 C.E. March 13
China plans a mammoth 450 GW of wind and solar in its deserts
About 100 GW is already under construction in addition to 306 GW of solar capacity and 328 GW of wind capacity installed by the end of 2021.
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2022 C.E. March 10
Twitter launches privacy-protected site on the dark web to bypass Russia’s block
Russia has blocked access to Facebook and has limited Twitter in an attempt to try to restrict the flow of information about its war in Ukraine.
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2022 C.E. March 10
Nigerian mom designs solar-powered cribs that put an end to baby jaundice disease
The Crib A’Glow can now be found in 500 hospitals across Nigeria and neighboring Ghana. It has already been used on 300,000 babies.
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2022 C.E. March 10
Europe’s first biorefinery uses algae to make jet biofuel
The first batch of biofuel to hit the skies is expected to be used in a domestic flight with Turkish Airlines by the end of the year.