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Europe Is Getting off Coal Much Faster Than Expected, New App Lets Stores Create a Digital Line
Several European countries are making strides towards a coal-free future, a new app allows stores to manage their flow of customers digitally and Sudan is banning female genital mutilation....
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Microbe Stops Mosquitoes From Spreading Malaria, Commercial Whaling May Soon Be Over in Iceland
Scientists have discovered a microbe they say can prevent mosquitoes from transmitting malaria and for the second year in a row, Iceland’s whaling companies will be skipping the annual...
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France Offers Bike Repair Subsidies to Boost Cycling, Costa Rica Suburb Gives Citizenship to Bees
The French Government will give people €50 to repair their old bike in an attempt to boost cycling and a suburb of the Costa Rican capital San José is...
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Finland Wants to Go Carbon Neutral by 2035, Circus Uses Holograms Instead of Animals
Finland pledges to cut carbon emissions completely by 2035, setting one of the world’s earliest timelines for reaching that mark; German circus ‘Roncalli’ replaces real animals with life-size holograms;...
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Largest Food Forest in the U.S., Africa’s Elephant Poaching in Decline, Solar-Powered Taxis
Atlanta plans to transform 7 acres of vacant forested land into a public food forest; the illegal killing of elephants in Africa has decreased by 6 percent since 2011;...
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Kerala Is Using Plastic to Pave Roads, Israeli and Palestinian Youth Strike Together, Reforestation in Ethiopia
The south Indian state of Kerala has used 9,700 tonnes of non-recyclable, shredded plastic waste to pave 246 km of roads; more than 500 Palestinian and Israeli students put...
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Filipino Students Have to Plant Trees to Graduate, Australia’s First Aboriginal Minister, Plantable Pencils
A new Filipino law requires every student to plant 10 trees each before graduating; Ken Wyatt is Australia’s first indigenous cabinet minister; a Filipino startup produces pencils that can...
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Indian Students Pay Tuition with Plastic Waste, Argentina and Algeria Have Officially Eliminated Malaria
In the northeast Indian state of Assam, the Akshar School is accepting plastic waste as payment for school; according to the WHO, Argentina and Algeria have officially defeated Malaria.
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Paris to Create City’s Largest Park, Urban Tree Challenge Fund, Solar-Powered Desalination
Paris is creating the city’s largest garden near Eiffel Tower; the UK government will fund the planting of 130,000 trees in English cities and towns; a new desalination system...
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Washington Legalizes Human Composting, Garden Feeders Boost Bird Populations, Iterative Evolution
Washington legalizes ‘natural organic reduction’, a process turns a body into soil; according to new research, the British tradition of feeding garden birds helps maintain and reshape urban bird...
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South Korean Government Switches to Linux, Ethical Alternative to Airbnb, Biodegradable Vegan Leather
South Korea will switch government computers from Windows to Linux in order to lower costs and reduce the dependency on a single operating system; the Amsterdam-based co-op ‘Fairbnb’ plans...
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Tanzania Bans Plastic Bags, Taiwan Legalizes Gay Marriage, San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition
Tanzania bans plastic bag ban in an effort to tackle plastic pollution; Taiwan legalizes same-sex marriages in historic first for Asia; San Francisco is the first city in the...
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Amsterdam is Getting Rid of Diesel Cars, Mexico City Bans Single-Use Plastics, Phages Save Girl’s Life
Amsterdam plans to ban all gas and diesel vehicles by 2030; Mexico City decided to ban businesses from selling or giving customers single-use plastic items; the first ever ‘cocktail’...
