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Hawaii first state to ban plastic bags at checkout MSNBC, 2 days, 21 hours, 11 minutes ago By now, it’s hardly news when a city bans plastic bags at checkout counters -- but an entire state? That’s happened in Hawaii, where Honolulu County has joined the state’s three other counties to give Hawaii a first-in-the-nation title.
Indigenous group and NGO establish crucial corridor in vanishing Atlantic Forest MongaBay, 3 days, 11 hours, 37 minutes ago Last month, three Guarani communities, the local Argentine government of Misiones, and the UK-based NGO World Land Trust forged an agreement to create a nature reserve connecting three protected areas in the fractured, and almost extinct, Atlantic Forest.
Small Canadian Town Bans Shark Fins TriCity News, 4 days, 23 hours, 24 minutes ago Using the concept 'Think Global, Act Local,' Coquitlam council this week banned shark fins from being possessed, traded, sold and distributed in the city.
Light-powered bionic eye invented to help restore sight BBC, 6 days, 59 minutes ago A retinal implant - or bionic eye - which is powered by light has been invented by scientists at Stanford University in California.
60 percent reduction in acidity of Delaware rain Terra Daily, 1 week, 1 day, 11 hours, 1 minute ago Several decades ago, precipitation in Delaware was among the most acidic in the country. Pollutants in the air reacted with rainwater to sprinkle sulfuric, nitric and carbonic acids onto the ground below, affecting crops and ecosystems statewide.
Watch: Disabled Veteran Does the Impossible Daily Mail, 1 week, 3 days, 1 hour, 52 minutes ago When Arthur Boorman was injured in the Gulf War, a botched surgery left him immobile and depressed. Having been told he would never walk unassisted again, the 47-year-old ballooned to 297lbs and gave up hope of ever being happy again. But thanks to a revolutionary form of yoga, Mr Boorman managed to lose a staggering 140lbs in just ten months and now can not only walk without his canes and leg braces, he can run.
Obama says same-sex couples should be able to marry BBC, 1 week, 4 days, 2 hours, 59 minutes ago US President Barack Obama has ended months of hedging on the issue of gay marriage by saying he thinks same-sex couples should be able to wed. He has become the first sitting US president to back gay marriage.
Microsoft Commits to Carbon Neutrality Triple Pundit, 1 week, 4 days, 4 hours, 4 minutes ago Microsoft has committed to become carbon neutral beginning on July 1, the start of the company’s new fiscal year. The shift results from three years of internal discussions within the company to improve Microsoft’s carbon footprint and environmental performance.
Cancer deaths on the decline in Canada National Post, 1 week, 4 days, 4 hours, 21 minutes ago The death toll cancer takes in Canada is on the decline, fuelled in large part by the fact that lung cancer is killing fewer Canadian men than it did in earlier decades, the Canadian Cancer Society said Wednesday.
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