World | Points of Progress
- Grafting for chocolate in Peru, and going after invasive species in New ZealandProgress roundup: Grafting revives cacao trees, reforms in Fiji strengthen democracy, and New Zealand commits to pest eradication on three islands.
- How to reuse exhaust from jets and store energy in sandProgress roundup: Dallas airport captures jet exhaust for electricity, Finland innovates with heating methods, plus rights rulings in Japan and Kenya.
- Go with the flow: How to squeeze water from fog, and why to remove a damProgress roundup: Small dams across the U.S. are being removed for safety, water quality, and wildlife. And a desert in Chile yields water from fog.
- When a ‘thumbs-up’ beats 5 stars, and where paralegals aid women’s land rightsProgress roundup: three equity questions on job performance grades, the worthiness of women as landowners, and Indigenous people’s quality of life.
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- How to recycle a building, and school a president on climateProgress roundup: Chinese scientists develop a method to refresh weak batteries. And in Argentina, a law sends judges and more to climate class.
- The rights of animals and the environment, from Mexico to NepalProgress roundup: Nepal’s Supreme Court disallowed development in protected areas. And in Mexico, Congress put animal welfare in the constitution.
- Low-tech and upside-down: The solutions under our feetProgress roundup: Fish advance science on China’s space station, solar farms host sheep on the ground, and across Africa, new publishers boost writers.
- A quiet recognition of Black soldiers in South Africa, and new rights in EcuadorProgress roundup: School lunch goes nationwide in Canada, overdue honor for Black soldiers in South Africa, and in Ecuador, marine life gain rights
- Deserts and dollars: Where news gathering, and fossils, need supportProgress roundup: EU court says binary choices are discriminatory. And in Colombia, two museums hold mother lode of 10 million-year-old fossil history.
- How our actions affect others – from driving more safely to making artProgress roundup: Studies show that Americans are safer partly because of better driving. And Britons are healthier when they pursue arts and culture.
- Income grows in Africa, and solar power soars in PakistanProgress roundup: Colombian women chose fish farms over coca, Africa made income gains, and solar power is surging in Pakistan.
- Bee fences and women taxi drivers to protect peopleProgress roundup: Taxi companies built by women are improving their safety. And fences made of beehives are keeping farmers safer from elephants.
- From worst to best: How Poland reduces traffic deaths, and Sri Lanka fixes wetlandsProgress roundup: With safety and well-being in mind, Warsaw’s measures halved traffic fatalities. And Sri Lanka’s capital is restoring wetlands.
- Children first: Protecting and nurturing, from Colombia to FinlandProgress roundup: Children’s rights and needs drove national policy in Colombia and Finland. And for coastal areas, new proof of seabeds as carbon sinks.
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