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2019 C.E. August 5
In a first since 2014, vaccination campaign reaches 13 million children in Sudan
Despite ongoing socio-political uncertainty in the country, the campaign provided children under the age of 10 with vaccines against measles and polio.
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2019 C.E. August 5
Barclays cuts finance ties with private prisons
Barclays Plc will stop providing future financing to companies that manage private prisons and immigration holding facilities, joining other major lenders in shunning the industry.
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2019 C.E. August 2
Supreme Court of Malawi bans thin plastic production
The court's decision makes production of thin plastics under 60 microns in thickness illegal with immediate effect.
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2019 C.E. August 2
Canadians can now apply for free, no-wait pardons for cannabis possession charges
The new law allows people who were only convicted of a crime of simple possession, which is possession of under 30 grams, to have their record suspended, free of charge (the normal fee is $631).
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2019 C.E. August 1
Plastic bag sales in England halved in past year
Asda, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, the Co-op, Tesco and Waitrose sold 549 million single-use plastic bags in 2018-19, down from one billion in the previous year.
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2019 C.E. August 1
PepsiCo and Coca-Cola end relationship with pro-plastic lobby
Cutting ties with the Plastic Industry Association is a sign that "they cannot publicly say they want to end plastic pollution, while financially supporting an association that lobbies for our continued reliance on throwaway plastics."
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2019 C.E. July 31
Virgin Media commits to 100% renewable energy goal
The telephone and internet service provider has signed up to The Climate Group's RE100 initiative, joining a group of leading businesses committed to increasing the consumption of renewable energy worldwide.
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2019 C.E. July 31
China set to reach carbon emission goals years early
China's emissions could peak at 13 to 16 gigatonnes of CO2 and begin declining between 2021 and 2025. The official target is a peak by around 2030.
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2019 C.E. July 30
Singapore abolishes school exam rankings, says learning is not competition
The Ministry of Education (MOE) said on Friday (Sept 28) that the change is to allow each student to focus on his or her learning progress and discourage them from being overly concerned about comparisons.
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2019 C.E. July 30
Holiday Inn dropping personal shampoo bottles to cut waste
Instead of using mini shampoo bottles, all of its more than 840,000 guest rooms will use bulk-size bathroom amenities.
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2019 C.E. September 25
Global solar power capacity projected to grow by 17% in 2019
The International Energy Agency expects to see growth in solar of over 17% and capacity of 115 gigawatts (GW) by year's end.
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2019 C.E. September 24
Guatemala to ban plastic bags, straws, cups beginning 2021
The measure gives merchants two years to phase out bags, straws, plates, cups and containers made from plastic or plastic foam, and replace them with compostable items.
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2019 C.E. September 23
IKEA will produce more energy than it consumes by 2020
IKEA will generate more renewable energy before the end of 2019 than the energy its stores use. Ultimately, it plans to be climate-positive by 2030.
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2019 C.E. September 23
Panama bans single-use plastic bags
Panama's plastic bag ban has gone into effect. Panama became the first Central American country to ban single-use plastic bags in 2018.
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2019 C.E. September 20
Millions march worldwide in youth-led climate strike
An estimated four million protesters in over 150 countries marched in the youth led global climate strike.
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2019 C.E. September 20
Thousands of scientists from 40 nations vow to join global climate strike
More than 2,000 scientists from more than 40 countries wrote in an open letter that "solid, incontrovertible evidence" supports climate campaigners' grave concerns.
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2019 C.E. September 19
Early child mortality has dropped in 96 of the world’s 97 low-to-middle-income countries from 2000 to 2017
From 2000 to 2017,96 low-to-middle-income countries that account for the vast majority of deaths of young children lowered their child mortality, according to a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation report.
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2019 C.E. September 19
Over 6,000 websites and companies are striking to support the Global Climate Strike on September 20th
The strike, which begins three days before the U.N. Climate Summit, hopes to put pressure on politicians and policy makers to combat climate change.
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2019 C.E. September 18
Indonesia raises minimum age for brides to end child marriage
Indonesia's parliament has revised the country's marriage law to lift the minimum age at which women can marry by three years to 19, a move welcomed by campaigners as a step toward curbing child marriage.
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2019 C.E. September 18
Merriam-Webster officially recognizes ‘they’ as a nonbinary pronoun
Merriam-Webster has formally acknowledged the use of "they" as a nonbinary, gender neutral pronoun, adding that definition to its dictionary.