Other rules being cut include the practice of punishing students with a form of house arrest, and ambiguous language in the guidelines on what is considered “typical of high school students.”
New research from Clean Cities Campaign has named Oslo the most progressive in terms of getting rid of mobility emissions, followed by Amsterdam and Helsinki.
Over 1 million students in grades K-12 will now have plant-based lunch options at school on Fridays.
This big win follows on the heels of similar recent phase-out votes by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and Culver City Council.
The teams will dispatch nurses and mental health support workers instead of police officers to respond to 911 calls about people in crisis.
The New Orleans City Council voted unanimously to change the name last week. Toussaint was a New Orleans music legend who died in 2015.
Since 2013, levels of particulate pollution in China’s capital have dropped 63 percent, China Daily reported.
The legislation, which Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to sign, requires electricity-powered heat and hot water in most new buildings under seven stories by 2024 and all other buildings in 2027.
Pittsburgh will follow the International Dark Sky Association’s new values-centered outdoor lighting guidelines and switch to lower wattage LED bulbs in streetlights, bridges, and other public spaces.
Over 100 local governments in Japan now recognize same-sex partnerships, which grants the right to rent property together and to visit their partner in the hospital.
