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The world’s largest database of social change milestones, from the first fire to today’s good news.
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2022 C.E.
July 19 Australia's Capital Territory is sending a clear signal to the rest of the country: the fossil-fuel car has an end date. The region surrounding Canberra wants at least 80% of new light vehicles sold there to be zero-emission by 2030, as a stepping stone to the full 2035 ban. Interest-free loans up to $15,000 and registration fee exemptions are already helping residents make the switch today. When a high-visibility jurisdiction at the heart of...
2022 C.E.
July 19 Mother-to-child HIV transmission in Botswana has plummeted from 40% in 1999 to below 1% today, with seven health districts recording zero cases in 2021. The country built its success on three simple pillars — free testing, free antiretroviral treatment, and community health workers who visit pregnant women at home to walk them through the process. Nearly every pregnant woman with HIV now receives treatment, up from just 27% two decades ago. In December 2021,...
2022 C.E.
July 19 The group, organized by the World Council of Churches, Operation Noah, Laudato Si’ Movement, Green Anglicans, and GreenFaith, has more than $1.2 billion in combined assets under management.
2022 C.E.
July 18 Later school start times are finally the law in California, giving nearly 3 million public middle and high school students a fighting chance at the sleep their developing brains actually need. Adolescent biology naturally shifts sleep cycles later, and researchers found that similar policy changes in Seattle and suburban Denver added 30 to 45 minutes of sleep per night for teens. A "zero period" carve-out means some students can still opt into early elective...
2022 C.E.
July 18 Heritage Colombia is one of the most significant conservation investments the country has ever made — pooling $245 million from governments, international institutions, and private donors to protect nearly 80 million acres of land and sea over the next decade. Colombia holds roughly 10% of the world's biodiversity, making it one of the most ecologically critical places on Earth to get this right. Crucially, local communities are central to the design, not an afterthought....
2022 C.E.
July 14 The bills, A3974 and A3975, shield health care providers from other state's inquiries and prohibit the extradition of any person who comes to New Jersey seeking legal abortion services.
2022 C.E.
July 13 Offshore wind runs stronger and more steadily than land-based turbines, making it one of the most promising tools in the clean energy transition — and in 2021, China seized that opportunity at an unmatched scale. A government price guarantee expiring at year's end drove developers to connect turbines rapidly, leaving China holding nearly half of all offshore wind capacity on Earth. That subsidy has since expired, and a slowdown was widely expected. Still, China's...
2022 C.E.
July 13 Nant de Drance represents something genuinely exciting: proof that we can store renewable energy at a scale that changes how entire continents manage their grids. Tucked 2,000 feet inside the Swiss Alps, the plant holds 20 million kWh by moving water between two mountain reservoirs — absorbing surplus solar and wind, then releasing it as hydropower within minutes when demand spikes. It can supply roughly 900,000 homes and acts as a rapid-response buffer for...
2022 C.E.
July 13 California's single-use plastic law sets a binding target to cut throwaway plastic 25% by 2032, and it puts the bill where it belongs: on the companies making the stuff. A new producer-led organization will run recycling programs and pay $500 million a year into a fund that helps clean up the mess and address its health impacts. That's a real shift, because for decades the cost of plastic pollution has fallen on cities and...
2022 C.E.
July 12 Rhode Island's 2033 deadline for 100% renewable electricity sets a new benchmark for how fast a state can move from advocacy to binding law — and puts real competitive pressure on states still aiming at 2045. The Ocean State has a geographic advantage helping make this credible: its offshore winds could theoretically generate eight times what residents currently use. Eight years of organizing across multiple administrations built the political foundation to get here. Still,...
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