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2022 C.E. June 7
Woolworths South Africa to shift 70% of its delivery fleet to electric
After a successful 10-month trial, Woolworths has announced that it will be the first South African retailer to embark on an extensive rollout of electric panel vans.
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2022 C.E. June 7
Finland is the first country to pass a legally binding carbon negativity act
Finland’s parliament recently passed a new Climate Change Act which legally binds it to its commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2035 and negative emissions by 2040.
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2022 C.E. June 7
Rectal cancer immunotherapy trials deliver ‘unheard of’ remission in all 14 patients
In every case, the rectal cancer disappeared after immunotherapy and the cancer has not returned in any of the patients, who have been cancer-free for up to two years.
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2022 C.E. June 6
Three oil companies pull out of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Indigenous and environmental groups led a campaign against drilling in the refuge, and 29 banks and 14 insurers now say they won’t fund drilling in the refuge.
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2022 C.E. June 2
Vietnam develops ‘world’s first’ African swine fever vaccine for commercial use
African swine fever, one of the most devastating livestock diseases, was first detected in Vietnam in February 2019 and forced the country to cull around 20% of its hog herd last year.
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2022 C.E. June 2
British Columbia becomes first Canadian province to remove criminal penalties for possession of some hard drugs
“By decriminalizing people who use drugs, we will break down the stigma that stops people from accessing life-saving support and services.”
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2022 C.E. June 1
Fastest carbon dioxide catcher heralds new age for direct air capture
The Tokyo Metropolitan University team’s new technology promises unprecedented performance and robustness in direct air capture systems.
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2022 C.E. June 1
Japan’s first carbon capture and storage facility to be live by 2030
According to Japan’s Industry Ministry, the country will store 120 to 240 million tons of CO2 in the year 2050.
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2022 C.E. June 1
First-of-a-kind blood test paves way for early Parkinson’s diagnosis
With no way of completely curing the condition, earlier diagnosis of Parkinson's disease can have profound impacts on treatment options and a patient's quality of life.
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2022 C.E. June 1
Activision Blizzard workers vote in video game industry’s first union
A group of quality-assurance testers in Activision Blizzard’s Raven Software division, which developed the popular Call of Duty Game, voted 19-3 in favor of unionizing.
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2022 C.E. June 20
Seattle offers utility pole EV chargers to city residents
Residents who live within city limits can request to have a public electric vehicle charging station installed in front of their home or residential property. Installations are expected to begin early next year.
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2022 C.E. June 17
The E.U. to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars starting in 2035
In concert with increased taxes for gas and diesel, consumers will have a much stronger incentive to move toward EVs.
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2022 C.E. June 17
Australia reduces plastic litter on its beaches by 30 percent in less than a decade
The study by Australia’s CSIRO involved 563 on-the-ground inspections and multiple interviews with waste managers in 32 municipalities.
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2022 C.E. June 17
Microsoft to begin disclosing salaries, drops non-compete clauses
The new salary disclosure policy makes Microsoft the first “Big Tech” company to take this approach.
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2022 C.E. June 17
Korean scientists develop “nanomachines” that can penetrate and kill cancer cells
This new method directly kills cancer cells via mechanical movements without anticancer medication, in contrast to the capsule-type nanocarriers that deliver therapeutic drugs.
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2022 C.E. June 17
Comoros to create five new national parks
The new parks will model a co-management system that prioritizes the biological, economic, cultural, and political concerns of local communities.
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2022 C.E. June 16
Western Australia to retire all government-owned coal-fired power stations by 2030
They will then invest an estimated $3.8 billion by 2030 into a generation of renewables and storage, mostly wind and batteries, to ensure Western Australia has affordable and reliable power into the future.
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2022 C.E. June 16
University of Montreal to divest from fossil fuels by end of 2025
The total value of the Fund was an estimated $420 million at December 31, 2021, with fossil fuel investments accounting for four per cent of its portfolio.
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2022 C.E. June 16
China builds world-first full-function space solar verification tower
Xidian University in Xi'an has built a 75 meter-tall ground verification system to perform and test all phases of space-based solar power generation and transmission.
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2022 C.E. June 15
Joe Biden issues executive order to fight conversion therapy & LGBTQ fostering discrimination
The executive order tells the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue rules that ban the use of federal funds for programs that offer conversion therapy.