The world’s largest database of social change milestones from throughout human history
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2021 C.E. March 31Audi commits to cut water consumption in half by 2035
Automotive World says that it takes 39,000 gallons of water to produce a car, with one of the biggest issues being painting.
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2021 C.E. March 31Massachusetts passes sweeping climate legislation to reduce emissions
The law, which was passed last week by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, sets emission limits at 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 75 percent below by 2040 with interim limits every five years.
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2021 C.E. March 30India donates 200,000 vaccines to protect UN blue helmets against COVID
The donated AstraZeneca vaccines left Mumbai for the Danish capital of Copenhagen, where they will be safely stored and distributed to UN peacekeepers serving in various missions.
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2021 C.E. March 30U.S. announces measures to expand offshore wind energy production
The New Wind Energy Area off the coast of New Jersey will be available for lease to offshore wind companies and the federal government will also make $3 billion in funding available through its loan guarantee program to incentivize wind energy investment.
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2021 C.E. March 30Electrify America & Jeep Partner to create trailhead charging network in the U.S.
Their plan is to put a Level 2 charging station at the trailheads for every Jeep Badge of Honor trail. Jeep wants to complete this within the next 12 months.
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2021 C.E.U.S. Federal Judge blocks further oil and gas extraction in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest
The ruling rebuked the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for failing to consider threats to public health, endangered species, and watersheds before opening more than 40,000 acres of the forest to fracking last year.
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2021 C.E. March 29New Zealand approves paid leave for miscarriage
The country is expanding upon its public health policies surrounding reproductive rights and has unanimously approved a bill that gives mothers and their partners the right to paid leave following a miscarriage or stillbirth.
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2021 C.E. March 29Supreme Court Of Canada upholds national carbon tax
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled this week a federal carbon tax that is legal pursuant to the “peace, order, and good government” provisions of the Canadian constitution.
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2021 C.E. March 26Renault Trucks pledges to phase out fossil fuels by 2040
Renault Trucks is the latest manufacturer to lay out its electrification pledge: it'll have a battery or fuel cell option in every segment from 2023, it's aiming for 35 percent electric sales in 2030, and it'll ditch fossil fuels and decarbonize completely by 2040.
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2021 C.E.Conservationists are creating ‘superhighways’ for insects in the UK
A new conservation project aims to create a network of wildflower superhighways across the UK. Ten years in the making, the B-Lines initiative was launched by the insect charity Buglife.
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2021 C.E. March 31Audi commits to cut water consumption in half by 2035
Automotive World says that it takes 39,000 gallons of water to produce a car, with one of the biggest issues being painting.
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2021 C.E. March 31Massachusetts passes sweeping climate legislation to reduce emissions
The law, which was passed last week by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, sets emission limits at 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 75 percent below by 2040 with interim limits every five years.
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2021 C.E. March 30India donates 200,000 vaccines to protect UN blue helmets against COVID
The donated AstraZeneca vaccines left Mumbai for the Danish capital of Copenhagen, where they will be safely stored and distributed to UN peacekeepers serving in various missions.
-
2021 C.E. March 30U.S. announces measures to expand offshore wind energy production
The New Wind Energy Area off the coast of New Jersey will be available for lease to offshore wind companies and the federal government will also make $3 billion in funding available through its loan guarantee program to incentivize wind energy investment.
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2021 C.E. March 30Electrify America & Jeep Partner to create trailhead charging network in the U.S.
Their plan is to put a Level 2 charging station at the trailheads for every Jeep Badge of Honor trail. Jeep wants to complete this within the next 12 months.
-
2021 C.E.U.S. Federal Judge blocks further oil and gas extraction in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest
The ruling rebuked the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for failing to consider threats to public health, endangered species, and watersheds before opening more than 40,000 acres of the forest to fracking last year.
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2021 C.E. March 29New Zealand approves paid leave for miscarriage
The country is expanding upon its public health policies surrounding reproductive rights and has unanimously approved a bill that gives mothers and their partners the right to paid leave following a miscarriage or stillbirth.
-
2021 C.E. March 29Supreme Court Of Canada upholds national carbon tax
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled this week a federal carbon tax that is legal pursuant to the “peace, order, and good government” provisions of the Canadian constitution.
-
2021 C.E. March 26Renault Trucks pledges to phase out fossil fuels by 2040
Renault Trucks is the latest manufacturer to lay out its electrification pledge: it'll have a battery or fuel cell option in every segment from 2023, it's aiming for 35 percent electric sales in 2030, and it'll ditch fossil fuels and decarbonize completely by 2040.
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2021 C.E.Conservationists are creating ‘superhighways’ for insects in the UK
A new conservation project aims to create a network of wildflower superhighways across the UK. Ten years in the making, the B-Lines initiative was launched by the insect charity Buglife.
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