Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks!
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In world first, New Zealand to make banks report climate impact
https://phys.org/news/2021-04-world-zealand-banks-climate-impact.html
Biden plans to cut emission at least in half by 2030
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/04/20/biden-climate-change/
California to ban fracking and phase out fossil fuels in California
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/newsom-announces-plans-to-ban-fracking-phase-out-oil-extraction-in-california-2021-04-23/
Honda aims to go all-electric by 2040
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/23/990153361/honda-aims-to-go-all-electric-by-2040
German court orders revisions to climate law, citing major burdens on youth
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/29/992073429/german-court-orders-revisions-to-climate-law-citing-major-burdens-on-youth
Technology
Scientists Create Whitest Paint In The World That Could Help Us Fight Global Warming
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/ultra-white-paint-reflects-sunlight-cools-climate/
Winners of $20M contest make concrete to trap carbon dioxide
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/winners-20m-contest-make-concrete-trap-carbon-dioxide-77162856
Coffee waste can boost tropical forest recovery
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210329085936.htm
