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2021 C.E. September 10
The Netherlands says “no” to fossil fuel greenwashing ad campaign
The Dutch Advertising Code Committee is ordering multinational oil and gas company, Shell, to stop ads that dubiously claim customers can make their fuel purchases “carbon neutral” by paying for carbon offsets.
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2021 C.E. September 10
Harvard University to end investment in fossil fuels
President Bacow said the school's endowment had no direct investments in fossil fuel exploration or development companies as of June and will not make such investments in the future.
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2021 C.E. September 10
Amazon to cover 100% of college tuition for U.S. hourly employees
Amazon will offer to pay 100% of college tuition for its 750,000 U.S. hourly employees. The e-commerce giant is following the lead of other large U.S. companies that are dangling similar perk in a tight job market.
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2021 C.E. September 9
mRNA cancer therapy now in human trials after shrinking mouse tumors
BioNTech, the German company that developed Pfizer’s covid-19 vaccine, is now testing whether mRNAs can treat cancer in humans. The treatment has already completely shrunk tumors in mice.
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2021 C.E. September 9
Christian leaders call for climate action, issue unprecedented joint statement
In a statement, the heads of the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion appealed to COP26 delegates to take action "for the sake of the earth which God has given us."
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2021 C.E. September 9
World’s largest direct air capture plant starts absorbing CO2 in Iceland
Climework's latest facility, dubbed Orca, is designed to suck CO2 out of the air and store it away permanently underground as rocks. It will likely harvest roughly 4,000 tons of CO2 from the air every year.
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2021 C.E. September 8
Richmond’s massive Robert E. Lee statue has been removed
Lee's statue was the largest Confederate monument in Richmond, Virginia and one of the largest in the country. Nearly every other Confederate statue in the city was removed last summer by protests or the city itself.
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2021 C.E. September 8
U.S. federal judge throws out Trump-era rule facilitating development of streams, marshes, and wetlands
District Judge Rosemary Marquez's decision applies nationwide, according to the Washington Post, and will protect drinking water and wildlife habitat for millions of Americans and billions of animals.
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2021 C.E. September 8
Mexico’s top court decriminalizes abortion in ‘watershed moment’
The decision in the world's second-biggest Roman Catholic country means that courts can no longer prosecute abortion cases, and follows the historic legalization of the right in Argentina earlier this year.
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2021 C.E. September 7
University of Arizona, University of Queensland, and others beat Stanford to 100% clean, renewable electricity
Stanford University recently claimed to be the “first research university to use 100% renewable electricity.” But in fact, many universities around the world have already reached this important milestone.
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2021 C.E. October 15
Historic Microsoft agreement allow customers to more easily repair devices
The move is being described as a “first of its kind victory,” as Microsoft becomes the only major company to bow to the whims of a shareholder resolution regarding the “right-to-repair.”
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2021 C.E. October 14
Volvo builds a world-first vehicle using fossil-free steel
SSAB plans to begin producing its fossil-free steel at scale in 2026, while Volvo plans to have an entirely climate-neutral business by 2050, including its supply chain.
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2021 C.E. October 14
Psychedelics linked to lower heart disease and diabetes risk in new study
“The findings suggest that lifetime classic psychedelic use is associated with lower odds of having had heart disease or diabetes in the past year,” lead study author and Oxford sociologist Otto Simonsson.
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2021 C.E. October 14
China breaks ground on massive 100-gigawatt renewable energy project
The new project, likely built in western China, will generate more renewable energy than all solar and wind installations in India combined.
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2021 C.E. October 13
New cancer treatment destroys tumors in terminally ill head and neck cancer patients
In a landmark trial, a cocktail of immunotherapy medications harnessed patients’ immune systems to kill their own cancer cells and prompted “a positive trend in survival.”
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2021 C.E. October 13
Climate lies banned from monetization on Google and YouTube
In a statement, Google said it will restrain advertisement revenue for creators who refer to climate change as a hoax.
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2021 C.E. October 13
China’s largest battery manufacturer plans $5 billion battery recycling factory
Chinese law imposes a duty on battery manufacturers to be responsible for recycling their products when they reach the end of their useful life.
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2021 C.E. October 12
California to ban gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers by 2024
A gas-powered leaf blower for just one hour produces the same amount of emissions as a drive from Los Angeles to Denver.
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2021 C.E. October 12
Austria announces new carbon tax to curb emissions
The government believes that the tax will generate five billion euros by 2025, which will be returned to residents as an annual “climate bonus.”
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2021 C.E. October 12
France to ban plastic packaging for most fruit and vegetables in January 2022
France's environment ministry expects that the measure will prevent more than one billion useless plastic packaging items per year.