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2023 C.E. February 1
Walmart raises minimum wage by 17%
Starting in early March, store employees will make between $14 and $19 an hour. About 340,000 store employees will get a raise because of the move.
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2023 C.E. January 31
U.K. scientists discover method to reduce steelmaking’s CO2 emissions by 90%
The iron and steel industry is a major cause of greenhouse gasses, accounting for 9% of global emissions.
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2023 C.E. January 31
Biden restores protections to Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
Spanning nearly 17 million acres - an area larger than the state of West Virginia - the Tongass stores 44% of all the carbon dioxide contained in national forests across the country.
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2023 C.E. January 30
Morocco becomes first African nation to produce its own cancer diagnosis tests
The new tests are expected to eventually cut costs and waiting times significantly not only in Morocco, but across the entire continent.
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2023 C.E. January 30
Finland grew its wind power capacity by 75% in 2022
Last year Finland built 427 new turbines with a combined power capacity of 2,430 megawatts. By 2025, wind is projected to cover at least 28% of the country’s power consumption.
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2023 C.E. January 27
Portugal to redirect Cape Verde debt payments to new climate fund
Cape Verde, a former Portuguese colony, owes 140 million euros to the Portugal. Under the new agreement, Portugal will redirect debt payments owed to a fund that will help the island nation tackle climate change.
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2023 C.E. January 27
Global investment in clean energy matches that in fossil fuels for the first time ever in 2022
Investment in renewables, such as wind and solar, grew 17 percent last year, reaching $495 billion, while investment in electric vehicles grew a staggering 54 percent, hitting $466 billion.
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2023 C.E. January 26
Moderna’s mRNA RSV vaccine delivers impressive Phase 3 trial results
For decades researchers have been trying to develop a vaccine for the deadly respiratory disease. It looks like 2023 will be the landmark year where not only one, but possibly three different vaccines are approved.
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2023 C.E. January 26
Crystalyne Curley becomes first female speaker of the Navajo Nation Council
Council Delegate Crystalyne Curley, 37, who represents Tachíí/Blue Gap, Many Farms, Nazlini, Tsélání/Cottonwood, Low Mountain, has become the first woman to head the Navajo Nation Council.
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2023 C.E. January 25
Danske Bank quits new fossil fuel financing
Denmark’s biggest bank has declared an end to fossil fuel financing, after concluding that 99.9% of its carbon footprint comes from financed emissions.
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2023 C.E. February 1
Walmart raises minimum wage by 17%
Starting in early March, store employees will make between $14 and $19 an hour. About 340,000 store employees will get a raise because of the move.
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2023 C.E. January 31
U.K. scientists discover method to reduce steelmaking’s CO2 emissions by 90%
The iron and steel industry is a major cause of greenhouse gasses, accounting for 9% of global emissions.
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2023 C.E. January 31
Biden restores protections to Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
Spanning nearly 17 million acres - an area larger than the state of West Virginia - the Tongass stores 44% of all the carbon dioxide contained in national forests across the country.
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2023 C.E. January 30
Morocco becomes first African nation to produce its own cancer diagnosis tests
The new tests are expected to eventually cut costs and waiting times significantly not only in Morocco, but across the entire continent.
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2023 C.E. January 30
Finland grew its wind power capacity by 75% in 2022
Last year Finland built 427 new turbines with a combined power capacity of 2,430 megawatts. By 2025, wind is projected to cover at least 28% of the country’s power consumption.
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2023 C.E. January 27
Portugal to redirect Cape Verde debt payments to new climate fund
Cape Verde, a former Portuguese colony, owes 140 million euros to the Portugal. Under the new agreement, Portugal will redirect debt payments owed to a fund that will help the island nation tackle climate change.
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2023 C.E. January 27
Global investment in clean energy matches that in fossil fuels for the first time ever in 2022
Investment in renewables, such as wind and solar, grew 17 percent last year, reaching $495 billion, while investment in electric vehicles grew a staggering 54 percent, hitting $466 billion.
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2023 C.E. January 26
Moderna’s mRNA RSV vaccine delivers impressive Phase 3 trial results
For decades researchers have been trying to develop a vaccine for the deadly respiratory disease. It looks like 2023 will be the landmark year where not only one, but possibly three different vaccines are approved.
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2023 C.E. January 26
Crystalyne Curley becomes first female speaker of the Navajo Nation Council
Council Delegate Crystalyne Curley, 37, who represents Tachíí/Blue Gap, Many Farms, Nazlini, Tsélání/Cottonwood, Low Mountain, has become the first woman to head the Navajo Nation Council.
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2023 C.E. January 25
Danske Bank quits new fossil fuel financing
Denmark’s biggest bank has declared an end to fossil fuel financing, after concluding that 99.9% of its carbon footprint comes from financed emissions.