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Boston skyline where equal pay law legislation has been a landmark achievement for workers

2016 C.E.

Massachusetts passes strongest equal pay law in the nation

Massachusetts rewrote its equal pay law in the summer of 2016, updating a 1945 statute for the first time in over 70 years. The bill, signed by Governor Charlie Baker, became the first in the nation to ban employers from asking applicants about salary history. Within two years, more than a dozen states had followed its lead.

Full disk view of Earth representing global efforts under the Paris Climate Agreement

2016 C.E.

175 nations sign Paris climate agreement on Earth Day in largest one-day treaty signing

The Paris climate agreement opened for signature on April 22, 2016, when 175 countries signed on a single day — more than any treaty had drawn at its opening ceremony. Ban Ki-moon chose Earth Day's 46th anniversary deliberately, linking decades of grassroots activism to international law and marking a new phase in global climate cooperation.

Wild tiger population roaming through natural forest habitat

2016 C.E.

Wild tiger numbers rise for the first time in over a century

Wild tigers hit their lowest recorded point around 2010, with just 3,200 left across Asia. Six years later, a global census counted 3,890 across 13 countries — the first uptick in over a century. Scientists caution better counting explains some of the rise, but in places like India, Nepal, and Russia, protection appears to be working.

Bear roaming through the misty old-growth forest of the Great Bear Rainforest agreement protected wilderness

2016 C.E.

Great Bear Rainforest agreement protects millions of acres under Indigenous leadership

The Great Bear Rainforest agreement, signed in February 2016, protected 85% of old-growth trees across 6.4 million hectares of British Columbia's coast — a temperate rainforest roughly the size of Ireland. Reached after nearly 20 years of negotiation, it placed 26 First Nations at the center as co-managers, embedding Indigenous authority into conservation law.

Solar panels installed on a rooftop representing solar power prices and renewable energy options, for article on domestic solar cell production, for article on silicon solar cell

2016 C.E.

U.S. solar power prices drop 25% in just five months

Solar power prices in the U.S. fell roughly 25% in just five months during early 2016, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory data on utility-scale contracts. That same year, solar was being installed faster than any other electricity source in the country — a quiet turning point in how America generates power.

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