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2022 C.E. July 26
Swiss scientists invent system that produces jet fuel from carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight
The amount of CO2 emitted during kerosene combustion in a jet engine equals that consumed during its production in the solar plant.
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2022 C.E. July 26
Andorra becomes the 33rd country with marriage equality
The tiny nation's new law also creates a system for transgender people to update the name and gender marker on legal documents without providing proof of medical care.
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2022 C.E. July 26
Greece bans genital surgery on non-consenting intersex babies
The surgeries are often unnecessary for the health of the child and are performed so that adults feel better about how the child’s genitalia look, even though the child often cannot consent to the procedures.
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2022 C.E. July 25
Nuclear fusion recieves $2.8 billion in investments over last year, more than entire past decade
The solution produces clean energy by fusing together atomic nuclei. Unlike nuclear fission, there is also no risk of radioactive waste and reactor materials can be recycled within 100 to 300 years.
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2022 C.E. July 25
Droupadi Murmu becomes India’s first tribal president
Murmu is also the country’s second female president after Pratibha Patil, who held the position for five years from 2007.
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2022 C.E. July 25
Cheetah reintroduction in Malawi brings vultures back to the skies
Four species of critically endangered vulture have returned to a park in southern Malawi from which they disappeared more than 20 years ago, due to the reintroduction of cheetahs, lions, and the carcasses they left behind.
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2022 C.E. July 21
New fund helps Black farmers in Detroit purchase land
Created in 2020, the Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund aims to address the historical racial land ownership disparity that has affected Black farmers across the country.
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2022 C.E. July 21
In comeback moment, up to 150 fin whales spotted feeding off Antarctica
The recovery of a large whale population is not only a glimpse of hope; it is also likely to have a stimulating effect on primary production in the Southern Ocean, enhancing CO2 uptake and carbon sink capacities.
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2022 C.E. July 20
Nintendo announces it will recognize same-sex partnerships even though Japan doesn’t
The Japanese video game company Nintendo has announced that it will extend marriage benefits to employees who are in same-sex partnerships.
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2022 C.E. July 20
Kenya’s Kuruwitu corals make remarkable recovery, thanks to local conservation drive
In 2005, residents of the area took the unprecedented step of setting aside a 30-hectare Marine Protected Area (MPA). Seventeen years on, the area has made a remarkable recovery.
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2022 C.E. August 26
California bans new combustion car sales from 2035
The California Air Resource Board expects this move to slash vehicle emissions – the top source of anthropogenic carbon emissions – by 50% in 2040, paving the way for a race to zero emissions by 2050.
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2022 C.E. August 25
Togo achieves ‘major feat’ of eliminating four neglected tropical diseases
The WHO has hailed the west African country as first in world to stamp out Guinea worm, lymphatic filariasis, sleeping sickness and trachoma
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2022 C.E. August 22
Singapore to repeal colonial-era law against sex between men
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has announced the repeal of the colonial-era Section 377A of the penal code, under which sex between men is punishable by up to two years in prison.
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2022 C.E. August 8
Sierra Leone passes new laws to boost landowners’ rights
Sierra Leone's parliament has passed two laws that lawyers say will help boost the rights of rural landowners and women against land grabs by big mining and agribusiness firms.
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2022 C.E.
$500 million divestment from fossil fuel companies announced by global faith institutions
The thirty-five institutions include Anglican, Baptist, Buddhist, Catholic, and Quaker organizations and represent over $1.2 billion in combined assets.
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2022 C.E. July 28
New study offers hope that pill can cut hereditary cancer risk by 60 percent
The double-blind longitudinal study followed nearly 1,000 patients with Lynch Syndrome, an inherited genetic condition that increases the individual risk of several cancers, for almost 20 years.
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2022 C.E. July 28
Indigenous Shuar community in Ecuador wins decades-long battle to protect land
Ecuador’s National System of Protected Areas now includes the 13,583-acre ancestral Tiwi Nunka Forest in the country’s south.
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2022 C.E. July 28
Adopt-a-Forest climate project in Kenya pays locals to keep trees alive until they mature
The program was started to address the lack of after-care, a major flaw in many forest-planting projects in Kenya and beyond.
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2022 C.E. July 28
U.N. General Assembly declares access to clean and healthy environment a universal human right
The resolution, based on a similar text adopted last year by the Human Rights Council, calls upon States, international organizations, and business enterprises to scale up efforts to ensure a healthy environment for all.
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2022 C.E. July 27
New sensor detects Alzheimer’s up to 17 years in advance
The Bochum researchers hope that an early diagnosis based on the amyloid-beta misfolding could help to apply Alzheimer's drugs at such an early stage that they have a significantly better effect.