The world’s largest database of social change milestones from throughout human history
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2018 C.E. November 17 U.S. states set to double their wind power capacity
Arkansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Wyoming, Maryland, and Massachusetts have enough wind energy currently under construction that it will more than double their capacity upon completion.
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2018 C.E. November 1U.S. FDA grants ‘breakthrough’ status to psilocybin mushroom therapy for untreatable depression
The US Food and Drug Administration has just granted a Breakthrough Therapy designation to a treatment that uses psychedelic mushrooms as a therapy for treatment-resistant depression.
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2018 C.E. October 31MIT develops battery technology that could give us electric plans that don’t pollute
Researchers believe that the new battery can lift a 12-seat plane off the ground and keep it off long enough for some commercially-viable flights without using fossil fuels.
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2018 C.E. October 31Pakistan releases Christian woman sentenced to die for blasphemy
Pakistan's highest court on Wednesday ordered the release of a Christian woman who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy.
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2018 C.E. October 31UK Government announces new plastic tax
The UK Government has announced a world-leading new tax on plastic packaging in the autumn Budget.
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2018 C.E. October 30Alaska sees first two transgender women elected to office
Kathy Ottersten and Liz Lyke recently took positions as elected officials during the past municipal election.
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2018 C.E. October 30Local watershed non-profits in the United States have improved water quality, study shows
"We determined that the presence of water groups in a watershed resulted in improved water quality and higher proportions of swimmable and fishable water bodies."
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2018 C.E. October 30Majority of Americans now want energy from renewable sources
The American public expresses overwhelming majority support for the twin goals of greater reliance on cleaner and renewable energy sources, says Shannon Baker-Branstetter, senior policy counsel for Consumers Reports.
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2018 C.E. October 30Plastic waste elimination pledge by 2025 attracts 250+ big firms
Some 250 big organisations have now pledged to eradicate plastic waste by 2025, including Coca Cola, H&M and L'Oreal, up from 40 in April.
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2018 C.E. October 30The City of Taipei & Tesla partner on new clean energy startup incubator
The City of Taipei, Taiwan, has joined forces with Tesla to establish a new 1.5 hectare hub to help local startups find footing and get training for new energy ventures in the city.
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2018 C.E. November 17 U.S. states set to double their wind power capacity
Arkansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Wyoming, Maryland, and Massachusetts have enough wind energy currently under construction that it will more than double their capacity upon completion.
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2018 C.E. November 1U.S. FDA grants ‘breakthrough’ status to psilocybin mushroom therapy for untreatable depression
The US Food and Drug Administration has just granted a Breakthrough Therapy designation to a treatment that uses psychedelic mushrooms as a therapy for treatment-resistant depression.
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2018 C.E. October 31MIT develops battery technology that could give us electric plans that don’t pollute
Researchers believe that the new battery can lift a 12-seat plane off the ground and keep it off long enough for some commercially-viable flights without using fossil fuels.
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2018 C.E. October 31Pakistan releases Christian woman sentenced to die for blasphemy
Pakistan's highest court on Wednesday ordered the release of a Christian woman who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy.
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2018 C.E. October 31UK Government announces new plastic tax
The UK Government has announced a world-leading new tax on plastic packaging in the autumn Budget.
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2018 C.E. October 30Alaska sees first two transgender women elected to office
Kathy Ottersten and Liz Lyke recently took positions as elected officials during the past municipal election.
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2018 C.E. October 30Local watershed non-profits in the United States have improved water quality, study shows
"We determined that the presence of water groups in a watershed resulted in improved water quality and higher proportions of swimmable and fishable water bodies."
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2018 C.E. October 30Majority of Americans now want energy from renewable sources
The American public expresses overwhelming majority support for the twin goals of greater reliance on cleaner and renewable energy sources, says Shannon Baker-Branstetter, senior policy counsel for Consumers Reports.
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2018 C.E. October 30Plastic waste elimination pledge by 2025 attracts 250+ big firms
Some 250 big organisations have now pledged to eradicate plastic waste by 2025, including Coca Cola, H&M and L'Oreal, up from 40 in April.
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2018 C.E. October 30The City of Taipei & Tesla partner on new clean energy startup incubator
The City of Taipei, Taiwan, has joined forces with Tesla to establish a new 1.5 hectare hub to help local startups find footing and get training for new energy ventures in the city.
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