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San Francisco startup unveils animal-free gelatin, Lego debuts bricks made from recycled plastic bottles
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‘Gamechanger’ wind blade recycling method, revolutionary tri-wing jet design, Valentino to go fur-free
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UK-wide network of ‘bee motorways’, New Zealand approves paid leave after miscarriage
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Unique coral sanctuary found off east Africa, startup turns carbon emissions into palm oil-substitutes
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Wooden debit card plants trees, blood-free Malaria test, Black women promoted to top NYPD positions
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Samoa pledges to protect 30% of its ocean area, 50 countries sign treaty to ban nuclear weapons
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Kenya’s Elephant Baby Boom, Indian Food Delivery Company Introduces ‘Period Leave’
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New Zealand Bill Ensures Pay Equity Between Men and Women, Satellite Images Reveal New Penguin Colonies
New Zealand’s parliament has passed an Equal Pay Bill that ensures both women and men are not paid less because of their gender; British researchers have found 11 new emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica and due to the pandemic, science is becoming more inclusive. More News below.
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Putting Nature First Could Create 400 Million New Jobs, US Startup Is Using Yeast to Clean up Wastewater
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Belize Triples Marine Protected Area, Banana Leaves Instead of Plastic Packaging, Shell Carbon Credit Scheme
Belize triples its marine reserves and prohibits fishing across most of these areas; Thai supermarkets are replacing plastic packaging with something as simple and effective as banana leaves; Shell will launch a new carbon credit scheme to offset driver’s emissions.
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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.
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Six-Country Initiative to Protect the Congo Basin, Teaching South African Children How to Code
Six Central African countries have announced an ambitious initiative to preserve the Congo Basin; Africa Teen Geeks, one of the largest computer science non-profit organisation in Africa, is teaching South African children how to code; and machine learning algorithms successfully monitor the annual wildebeest migration in Tanzania.
