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2019 C.E. February 13
Earth has more tree and leaf coverage now than in 2000, thanks to China and India
According to U.S. NASA, there are now more than 2 million sq miles of extra leaf area per year, compared with the early 2000s -- a 5% increase. The greening effect stems mainly from ambitious tree-planting and intensive farming in China and India.
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2019 C.E. February 13
24-year old Kazakhstani man becomes first to use wirelessly-charged bionic heart
Tursunov's bionic heart (or VAD) doesn't need a power cord thanks to a charging system created by Israeli tech company Leviticus Cardio, eliminating one of the biggest points of failure in a device that cannot afford to fail.
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2019 C.E. February 12
Scientists are using AI to find hotel rooms being used for child sex trafficking
Washington University engineers developed AI that recognizes features of a hotel room from a photo and identify where it may have been taken, offering new leads to fight child trafficking.
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2019 C.E. February 12
11.9 GW of wind capacity installed in the Americas in 2018
Total installed wind capacity in North, Central, and South America increased to 135 gigawatts (GW) in 2018 with the addition of 11.9 GW of new wind capacity, an increase of 12% on 2017.
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2019 C.E. February 11
Pro-LGBTQ laws in the United States outpaced anti-LGBTQ laws in 2018, report finds
Last year, 21 of the 201 pro-LGBTQ bills introduced in state legislatures became law, while just two of the 110 anti-LGBTQ bills did, according to HRC's recently released 2018 State Equality Index.
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2019 C.E. February 11
Drax begins capturing carbon in ‘world first’ pilot
The Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering have estimated that Drax could capture 50 million tonnes of carbon per year by 2050 - about half the nation's emissions target.
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2019 C.E. February 10
Researchers use healthy stem cells for future Type 1 diabetes cure for the first time
For the first time ever, researchers have successfully transformed human stem cells into mature insulin-producing cells, a major breakthrough in the effort to develop a cure for type 1 (T1) diabetes.
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2019 C.E. February 10
Japanese city of Otsu is using AI to prevent youth suicides
The hope is that the AI will allow school officials to identify the bullying cases that are likely to escalate in seriousness so that they can intervene and diffuse the situation before it's too late.
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2019 C.E. February 10
Grid-scale solar power tripled in Australia in 2018 as renewables met 20% of energy output
"2018 will go down as the year that fossil fuels began an inexorable decline in Australia's electricity supply."
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2019 C.E. February 9
U.K. carbon emissions down 37% since 1990
A final report of the U.K.'s carbon emissions from 1990-2017 has found that CO2 levels have fallen again.
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2019 C.E. April 3
Chicago makes history electing Lori Lightfoot as first black woman mayor
Lori Lightfoot, a political newcomer, was elected the first black female mayor of Chicago. Lightfoot, who will also become the first openly gay mayor of the third-largest U.S. city, appealed to voters who are tired of politics as usual.
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2019 C.E. April 3
Sanitation coverage in India hits 99%, up 60% in 5 years
Three infants die every two minutes in India due to lack of access to adequate water and sanitation services. The Swachh Bharat Mission aims to achieve 100% sanitation by October 2019.
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2019 C.E. April 3
Sydney announces 100% renewable energy by 2050 target
Sydney will purchase only 100% renewable energy that's generated by wind or solar starting next year.
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2019 C.E. April 2
Germany awards 505 MW in first ever large-scale solar PV tender
Germany's Federal Network Agency has announced the winners of its first special tender for large-scale solar PV, in which 121 contracts were awarded totaling 505 megawatts (MW) of capacity at an average price of €0.065 per kilowatt-hour (kWh).
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2019 C.E. April 2
New York becomes second U.S. state to ban plastic bags
State lawmakers in New York have approved a ban on plastic bags at retail and grocery establishments that would take effect next year as part of the state's budget.
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2019 C.E. March 29
Maryland becomes the sixth U.S. state to raise the minimum wage to $15
Lawmakers managed to override Republican Gov. Larry Hogan's veto of a minimum wage bill. Maryland's current minimum wage is $10.10, and the new policy will gradually raise the wage floor to $15 by 2025.
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2019 C.E. March 29
U.K. greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3% in 2018
Greenhouse gas emissions have decreased by 3 per cent in the UK, finds provisional statistics released by the Government.
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2019 C.E. March 28
England’s Chester becomes the world’s first ‘Sustainable Palm Oil City’
More than 50 organisations in the city have revolutionised their supply chains and committed to sourcing palm oil -- a vegetable oil used in thousands of household products from food items to cleaning materials and cosmetics -- from entirely sustainable sources.
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2019 C.E. March 28
Puerto Rico bans gay and transgender conversion therapy for minors
The governor of Puerto Rico signed an executive order on Wednesday banning so-called conversion therapy for gay or transgender minors on the island.
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2019 C.E. March 27
New Jersey legalizes medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill
The bill allows adults with a prognosis of six months or less to live to get a prescription for life-ending medication. Currently, California, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, Hawaii, Montana and the District of Columbia allow physician-assisted suicide.