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From Zambia to Wales, the people power of bikes and wind turbines

In addition to two stories where people gain the freedom of more choices, our environmental progress includes a Southern Hemisphere glacier park and a phone app whose notifications are helping fight Thai forest fires.

1. Chile

A new national park in Chile will protect over 185,000 acres of melting glaciers. The National Glacier Park site is 60 kilometers (37 miles) from the capital city of Santiago and will protect 46% of the ice found in the Andes area of the metropolitan region, where over 7 million of the nation’s 19 million people live. “It is a fundamental step that our

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