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India expands abortion rights, biosensor can detect brain tumors, EPA doubles funding for electric school buses
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Fiji recognizes waste pickers as heroes, simple test predicts a baby’s eczema risk, gun sales get separate merchant category
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An alternative to open heart surgery, Ikea selling solar panels in California, novel material enhances thermal efficiency
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Love hormone helps conservation efforts, a new tool accelerates medicine development, Amazons miracle honey
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Historical: EU prioritizes cyclists and pedestrians in urban planning, NYC expands voting rights to non-citizens
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Amazon announces carbon offset project in the Amazon, Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion
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Probiotics help corals survive heat, zero-power sewage plants, origami-inspired shelters
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Indigenous communities use smartphones to monitor deforestation in the Amazon, cruelty-free foie gras
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Peru to establish reserve for ‘uncontacted peoples’, startup turns banana waste into hair extensions
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Carbon-negative diamonds, bookshop.org helps indies take on Amazon, in-store clothing recycling
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Seattle Passes Payroll Tax, Portugal Ditchess Coal Two Years Ahead of Schedule
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Bavarians Vote for Green Farming, Cervical Disease Wiped out in Scotland, Solar Canoes for the Amazon
In response to a petition signed by nearly two million citizens, Bavaria will issue a law imposing green farming practices; HPV vaccination nearly wiped out cervical disease in Scotland; and in the Amazon, solar canoes could be a cheap and environmentally-friendly transportation alternative.