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Brazilian Indian Kaingang, for article on Brazil Indigenous representation

2024 C.E. October 17

Brazil elects record-high number of Indigenous mayors, vice mayors, and councilors

Indigenous representation in Brazil hit a new high in October 2024, with 256 Indigenous candidates winning seats from city council to mayor — the most ever recorded. They were the only demographic group whose vote totals grew that election, drawn from a record 169 ethnic groups fielding candidates across the country. Among the firsts: Florianópolis, a city founded 351 years ago, elected its very first Indigenous councilor, while in Marcação, all nine newly elected...

Ovarian and Cervical Cancer Awareness. a Teal Ribbon, for article on cervical cancer treatment

2024 C.E. October 15

New cervical cancer treatment regime ‘cuts risk of dying from disease by 40%’

Cervical cancer treatment just took its biggest leap in 25 years, and the breakthrough comes from a surprisingly simple idea: changing the timing. In a trial spanning the U.K., Mexico, India, Italy, and Brazil, women who received a short course of chemotherapy before standard chemoradiation were 40% less likely to die from the disease. Even better, the drugs involved are already approved, affordable, and widely available — meaning hospitals could adopt this approach without...

Birds flying at the beach on a sunny day, for article on Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

2024 C.E. October 14

California gets final approval for nation’s third-largest marine sanctuary

Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary now protects 4,543 square miles of California coastline, making it the country's third-largest marine sanctuary and the first anywhere in the U.S. shaped from the start by Indigenous tribes. The waters off San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties are so biologically rich that one Chumash leader compares them to the Galápagos, and they're now off-limits to oil and gas exploration. The designation also safeguards ancient village sites resting...

A worker replacing a corroded lead pipe in a residential street for an article about Flint lead pipe replacement, for article on lead pipe removal

2024 C.E. October 8

U.S. announces 10-year deadline to remove all lead pipes nationwide

Lead pipes in roughly nine million American homes are now on a federal clock: the EPA's new rule requires every utility to find and replace them within 10 years. Backed by $2.6 billion in fresh funding, the policy marks a dramatic shift from previous timelines that stretched 40 or even 50 years out. Nearly half the money is directed to disadvantaged communities, where decades of disinvestment left lead lines in place long after wealthier...

Good news for marine protection, for article on Australia ocean protection

2024 C.E. October 7

Australia to protect 52% of its oceans, more than any other country

Australia's ocean protection just leveled up in a big way, with a sub-Antarctic marine reserve quadrupling to add 300,000 square kilometers of safeguarded waters — an area roughly the size of Italy. The expansion around Heard and McDonald Islands shields glaciers, albatross, macaroni penguins, elephant seals, and fish found almost nowhere else, keeping mining and new commercial fisheries out of one of the planet's least-disturbed places. With this move, Australia now protects 52% of...

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