Trans activists in Hong Kong win landmark victory for gender identification
Hong Kong’s highest court has ruled that gender-affirming surgery should not be required before someone can legally change their gender on identity cards.
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Wind and solar were E.U.’s top electricity source in 2022 for first time ever
Record additions of new wind and solar in 2022 helped Europe survive a “triple crisis” created by restrictions on Russian gas supplies, a dip in hydro caused by drought and unexpected nuclear outage.
Australia’s environment minister uses their powers to rejects coal mine for the first time in nation’s history
The mining project would have been located less than 10 kilometers from the Great Barrier Reef and at risk of causing “irreversible damage.”
All U.S. military veterans in suicidal crisis are now eligible for free care
Unlike for most other medical benefits, veterans do not have to be enrolled in the VA system to be eligible. More than 18 million veterans in the U.S. could be eligible.
Finland passes law making it easier for trans people to change their legal gender
The new laws mean transgender people aged 18 and older can legally change their gender by a process of self-declaration, and no longer have to go through an onerous medical and psychiatric approval process first.
Researchers can now pull green hydrogen directly from seawater
University of Adelaide researchers claim to have made clean hydrogen fuel from seawater without pre-treatment. Their findings could eventually provide cheaper green energy production from a near-limitless source to coastal areas.
Guinea worm is on the brink of becoming the second human disease in history to be eradicated
A painful, parasitic disease that once infected 3.5 million people per year is tantalizingly In 2022, just 12 cases were record worldwide.
California approves $2.9 billion in funding for zero-emission transportation infrastructure
The funds will be used for the installation of more EV chargers, zero-emission trucks, school and transit buses, and hydrogen refueling technology.
Australia becomes world’s first country to officially recognize psychedelics as medicines
MDMA and psilocybin will be available for controlled use to address PTSD and depression when prescribed by a psychiatrist starting in July 2023.
First vaccine to target deadly fungal infections passes preclinical tests
Fungal infections cause more than 1.5 million deaths annually and cost billions. A new vaccine from the University of Georgia could be the first clinically approved immunization to protect against them.