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Green energy powers ahead in 2020, German Catholics bless gay unions despite Vatican ban
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Seville is turning leftover oranges into electricity, plasma-powered plant produces fertilizer for small farmers
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Australia’s great crime decline, researchers develop foldable solar cells, startup turns hills into batteries
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Green ammonia breakthrough, pregnancy test for women with sight loss, Jaguars return to central Argentina
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This year’s top sustainability stories
Scientists are doing their best to create a circular, trash-free world.
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Solar windows made from rotten fruit, trans candidates secure historic wins in Brazil’s municipal elections
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Upcycling plastic into solar roads, world’s largest wildlife crossing, South Australia’s solar record
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Company turns old solar panels into new ones, “interface inhibitors” combat neurodegeneration
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Researchers Build High-Performing Hybrid Solar Converter, Self-Healing Biopolymer, Wave-Powered Boat
US scientists have developed a solar converter that harvests both sunlight and heat at 85% efficiency and a new type of biopolymer could revolutionise soft robotics as it can reverse any undergone damage within seconds. More good news.
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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; Jacqueville, a small coastal city on the Ivory Coast, is testing solar-powered taxis.
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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 uses solar power to turn ocean water into drinking water.
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Del Taco to Add Pea-Based “Meat”, the Psychology of Peace, Record Solar Panel Installations in Australia
Del Taco customers will soon be able to request pea-based, environmentally-friendly “meat” as an alternative to any protein in Del Taco products; Israeli researchers are running a unique experiment in order to understand the psychology behind the Israel-Palestine conflict; Australia installed almost 50 percent more rooftop panels in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the same period last year.
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Solar Powering Farms and Families in Nepal, Training Homeless to Guide Tours, Stem Cell Noah’s Ark
Solar-powered pumps increase agricultural production in Nepal and prevent farmers from migrating for the purpose of finding jobs; as tourism booms in Dublin, My Streets Ireland gives homeless new skills and a source of income; and by storing cell material in a stem cell Noah’s Ark, Norwegian researchers are paving the way to preserving critically endangered animals and providing blueprints for lab-grown meat production.
