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Australian money, for article on student debt relief

2024 C.E. November 2

Australia to slash $10 billion off student debt amid cost of living pressures

Australia just wiped roughly A$16 billion in student debt off the books, cutting loan balances by 20% for three million graduates in a single stroke. A typical borrower carrying the average A$27,600 loan will see A$5,520 vanish automatically, with no paperwork required. The law also lifts the income threshold for repayments to A$67,000, giving lower-paid workers in fields like early childhood education and the arts real breathing room. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made it...

Coal pollution, for article on Germany coal use

2024 C.E. October 31

German coal use plunges nearly 40% in 2024

Germany's coal cleanup took a striking leap forward: hard coal use in power plants dropped 39 percent in the first nine months of 2024 compared to the same stretch in 2023, avoiding roughly 20 million tonnes of CO2. The shift is being driven by a surge in renewables, which now supply more than half of Germany's electricity, alongside cleaner imports from European neighbors. Lignite, the dirtier sibling, fell 14.5 percent over the same months....

Professional workers clean and inspect solar panels on a floating buoy. Power plant with water, for article on China solar power

2024 C.E. October 26

China adds unprecedented 160 GW of solar power in first 3 quarters of 2024

China's solar boom hit a staggering new milestone: 160 gigawatts of new capacity added in just the first nine months of 2024, roughly equal to Germany's entire electricity system built in under a year. That pushed cumulative solar capacity past 770 GW, a 48% jump from the year before, with rooftops and desert mega-farms growing side by side. Driving it all is a remarkable cost story: solar panel prices have fallen more than 90%...

Salmon run, for article on Klamath dam removal, for article on Klamath River dam removal

2024 C.E. October 24

Salmon return to Klamath River for first time in 112 years

Wild Chinook salmon have returned to the upper Klamath River for the first time since 1912, with biologists confirming the fish about 230 miles inland from the Pacific. The sighting came just months after the last of four dams was removed in summer 2024, completing the largest dam removal project in U.S. history. Klamath tribal members, who fought for decades to free the river, describe the salmon's return as the homecoming of relatives. Biologists...

2024 C.E. October 22

Consumers embrace Ireland’s first bottle deposit return scheme

Ireland's bottle deposit scheme has Irish shoppers returning containers at a remarkable clip — monthly returns jumped from 2 million in February 2024 to 111 million by August, totaling 630 million bottles and cans in just eight months. Shoppers get 15 cents back per can and 25 cents per plastic bottle, a small nudge that's quietly rewired daily habits across a country of just over 5 million people. Train passengers carry their empties home...

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