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2021 C.E. August 6
‘Big Three’ automakers join Biden in electric car promises
Ford, GM, and Stellantis (including its subsidiary Chrysler) have vowed that up to 50% of their car sales will be electric by 2030.
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2021 C.E. August 6
U.S. to return Gilgamesh tablet and 17,000 other looted artifacts to Iraq
The U.S. will return more than 17,000 ancient artifacts, including the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, after authorities recently reached a repatriation agreement with Baghdad to return artifacts seized from dealers and museums.
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2021 C.E. August 6
China pledges 2 billion vaccines globally through year’s end
A pledge by China to supply 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to other countries this year expands the commitments made by a nation that is already the largest exporter of the shots by far.
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2021 C.E. August 5
Target to pay 100% of college tuition and textbooks
With the move, Target joins other retailers and restaurant chains — including Walmart, Chipotle, and Starbucks — that have programs that help employees pay for college.
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2021 C.E. August 5
Thailand bans coral-damaging sunscreens in marine parks
The Thai Department of Conservation said four ingredients commonly found in sun creams were shown to destroy coral larvae, obstruct coral reproduction and cause reef bleaching.
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2021 C.E. August 5
Sierra Leone abolishes capital punishment
The decision to abolish capital punishment is a significant step forward for fundamental human rights in Sierra Leone and will be especially beneficial to women and girls found guilty of murdering an abuser.
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2021 C.E. August 4
Iberian Lynx claws its way back from extinction thanks to conservationists
Spain’s Iberian Lynx is the world’s most endangered species of felines. But conservation efforts have successfully increased the cat’s numbers tenfold since 2002, with 1,100 Iberian Lynx living in the wild at the end of last year.
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2021 C.E. August 4
Maine bans toxic ‘forever chemicals’ under groundbreaking new law
Maine has enacted a groundbreaking law that will ban the use of toxic PFAS compounds in all products by 2030, except in instances deemed “currently unavoidable”.
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2021 C.E. August 4
Walmart to pay 100% of college tuition plus books for its workers
Walmart will be investing nearly $1 billion over the next five years to help roughly 1.5 million part-time and full-time Walmart and Sam’s Club associates in the U.S. earn college degrees or learn trade skills.
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2021 C.E. August 3
U.S. FDA allows automatic ‘generic’ swap for brand-name insulin
The move will allow pharmacists to automatically substitute the cheaper version, just as they do with generic pills for other kinds of drugs. It could save diabetics and health plans millions of dollars annually.
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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. September 7
Australia’s northern hairy-nosed wombats are back from the brink of extinction
The population of Australia's largest wombat species dipped to as low as 35 in the 1980s. Since then, with the help of predator fencing, habitat management, and more, the population has grown to more than 300.
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2021 C.E. September 7
Mexico is first country in North America and 41st in the world to ban animal cosmetic testing
The new law also forbids the manufacture, marketing, and import of cosmetics that have been tested on animals in other countries.
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2021 C.E. September 6
Scotland joins growing global movement towards a four-day workweek
Scotland plans to launch a trial four-day workweek. Workers will have their hours reduced by 20%, but won’t suffer any loss in compensation.
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2021 C.E. September 6
Arizona abolishes peremptory challenges to improve juror diversity
As reported by Vox, this practice leads to the disproportionate dismissal of jurors of color, and “multiple studies suggest that peremptory strikes play a major role in producing juries that are whiter than the population as a whole.”
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2021 C.E. September 6
Four tuna species recovering after decade of fishing quotas
In IUCN's Red List update, the seven most commercially fished tuna species were reassessed. Four moved in a positive direction thanks to countries enforcing more sustainable fishing quotas and successfully combatting illegal fishing.
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2021 C.E. September 5
Charlotte, NC launches peer-run alternative to psychiatric hospitalization
The facility is entirely run by those who have experienced mental illness, psychiatric hospitalizations, homelessness, incarceration, or substance use. It is designed to be an alternative for those who are without physical injury who would otherwise be admitted to a psychiatric facility by an emergency room.
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2021 C.E. September 3
Two women become the first gay couple in the Mexican state of Jalisco to officially adopt a child
Adoption by same-sex couples has been legal in Mexico since the country’s Supreme Court ruled in a landmark 2010 decision that the government could not withhold legal rights on the basis of LGBTQ+ identity.