A coalition of 37 organizations have gathered 530,000 signatures to have the state legislature vote on a law that would define “sex” in state anti-discrimination legislation to include sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.
Engineers at Purdue University have developed a new cement recipe that can absorb CO2 twice as fast as usual.
New concrete recipe improves its carbon capture efficiency Read more
Denver’s new Support Team Assistance Response responded to 748 incidents, with not a single one of them requiring police or leading to arrests or jail-time.
Denver’s unarmed 911 response team arrested no one in its first 6 months Read more
The Gulf of Mexico’s largest coral sanctuary just got 200 percent bigger, now that the U.S. government formally approved the expansion of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.
Sanctuary containing ‘healthiest coral reefs in the world’ just tripled in size Read more
That meant a rise from 2.5% market share in 2019 to 4.2% share of the global light-duty vehicle market in 2020.
Global plugin vehicle sales up 43% in 2020 Read more
The memo directs executive departments and U.S. agencies working abroad “promote and protect the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons everywhere.”
President Biden signs memo to protect LGBTQ rights around the globe Read more
Under a newly signed executive order from the White House, a new Civilian Climate Corps is being established to provide “good jobs” for young people in the U.S. and train them for environmentally friendly careers.
America will have a climate corps once more thanks to new executive order Read more
Fully implemented, it will be able to cover the consumption of 10 million European households with green energy.
Denmark to build world’s first energy island in the North Sea Read more
The South Asian nation has seen a reduction in terrorist attacks on home soil by 86% since 2013, and between 2019 and 2020 alone there was a 45% fall.
Pakistan sees record drop in terrorism deaths in 2020 Read more
Solar power currently makes up just 4% of the nation’s power supply, but it is set to grow 18-fold and become the new “king of India’s generation fleet” by at least 2040.
India is on ‘cusp of a solar-powered revolution’, according to International Energy Agency Read more
