The Positive News Thread

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Kenya's 'Erin Brockovich' defies harassment to bring anti-pollution case to courts

Over 600 dogs and cats rehomed from closed testing lab in Ireland

Olympic Athletes Save Pets From the South Korean Dog Meat Trade

These Octogenarian Athletes Are Proving that Age Is Just a Number

Arizona woman wakes up sounding Irish and British

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This Harvard psychologist is proving that the world is better than ever before

Queen of England bans plastic straws and bottles on royal estates after David Attenborough documentary

New desalination membrane produces both drinking water and lithium

Natural gas can’t compete with the powerful mix of solar and batteries

Stunning sustainability: This hotel fits perfectly with the Arctic scenery

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V-Day: Global Movement to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls Marks 20th Anniversary

From addiction to prison to stability: Sometimes love can save your life

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The Largest Ever Tropical Reforestation Is Planting 73 Million Trees

Now You Can Help Bail People Out Of Jail Every Time You Buy Something

100 Years Of Social Justice Warriors Remind Us To Keep Fighting The Good Fight

Hemp as a plant-based alternative in concrete, textiles, varnish, and other building products

Green Flash Sunset Video Playlist:

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Balearics launch pioneering plan to phase out emissions

Woolworths and Coles to stop selling pesticide linked to global bee decline

French court suspends two Dow pesticides over potential harm to bees

The winds created by trains in London could soon help power the city

McDonald's to cut cheeseburgers and chocolate milk from Happy Meal menu

McDonald’s will soon banish cheeseburgers and chocolate milk from its Happy Meal menu in an effort to cut down on the calories, sodium, saturated fat and sugar that kids consume at its restaurants.

Diners can still ask specifically for cheeseburgers or chocolate milk with the child’s meal, but McDonald’s said that not listing them will reduce how often they’re ordered. Since it removed soda from the Happy Meal menu four years ago, orders for it with Happy Meals have fallen 14%, the company said.

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A eureka moment for the planet: we’re finally planting trees again

How to Take Action Against Gun Violence

A new school in rural India is teaching students how to cultivate happiness

10 Films That Will Change the Way You See Animals

Trans Man Wins Major Workplace Discrimination Case in China

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Maryland Eliminates Rapists’ Parental Rights

Scientists Figured Out Why Alcohol Turns People Into Mean Drunks

Neurologists Have Made An Instrument You Can Play Just By Thinking

How to Recommend Alternative Medicine to Reluctant Family Members

Irish energy technology company Ocean Energy making waves in the USA

Irish company announces its pioneering wave energy convertor will be built in Oregon and deployed on the Hawaiian Island of O’ahu in autumn 2018.

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America needs its own peace process for gun control

Trump's travel ban is unconstitutional religious discrimination, US court rules

How a Solar Microgrid Is Helping an Indigenous California Tribe Achieve Community Resiliency

New Online Calculator Lets You See the Impact of Your Meat Intake—on Animals, the Climate and Your Health

The Media Is Finally Paying Some Attention to Climate Change, Thanks to Trump

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We may have found an alien civilization that stands up to scrutiny, and my friend maybe native to that. You know, the jittery small one.

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Being in the flow: How to get better at feeling all of your feelings

For instant pain relief, go for a swim in cold open water

Waste doesn’t have to be wasted: Creative ways of recycling trash

Solar sidewalks may change the way we generate energy in cities

Public support for coal is rapidly declining in America

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Gun Violence Has Dropped Dramatically in 3 States With Very Different Gun Laws

How Jacob the Comfort Dog Is Helping the People of Parkland

UK: £10,000 proposed for everyone under 55

Demand For Meat Substitutes In Europe Has Increased By 451%

Protecting the sacred: Navajo Nation buys land at revered peak in Colorado

Animal Farmers Going Vegan: Moving Quotes from Former Animal Agriculture Workers

Lifeless Baby Orangutan Saved From Cardboard Coffin Has Completely Transformed

Why Staying Positive Isn’t as Healthy as We Think

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https://www.boredpanda.com/pilot-clouds-...rja-lopez/

https://geopolitics.co/2015/06/06/us-air...l-weather/

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If you wish, you can embed the YouTube (and other) videos using the film strip button just above the editor window, then we can all see what the video is about instantaneously.

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'Congress must ban semiautomatic weapons’ – ex CIA director John Brennan

Huge food company to eliminate food waste, halve plastic use

These horses just learned to communicate with humans

Heroic cow escapes trip to slaughterhouse, hides in Dutch forest for weeks

UK supermarkets report surge in sales of vegan food

Half of UK adults adopting ‘vegan-buying behaviour’ as number of full-time vegans grows four-fold in 10 years

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Should we give up half of the Earth to wildlife?

Populations of all kinds of wildlife are declining at alarming speed. One radical solution is to make 50% of the planet a nature reserve

Fungal enzymes could hold secret to making renewable energy from wood

Canadian actor's suit against Weinstein and assistant must proceed, judge rules

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Actors and activists join forces on Bafta red carpet to call time on sexism

How do you raise a child to stand up to sexist behaviors?

Gus Kenworthy's kiss with boyfriend on NBC greeted with acclaim

6 Bodily Tissues That Can Be Regenerated Through Nutrition

9 Unsolved Mysteries of the Universe

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Gambia suspends death penalty in step towards abolition

Nigeria releases 475 Boko Haram suspects for rehabilitation

Grandmother of the jungle: This Kerala tribal woman can prepare 500 medicines from memory

The Key to Happiness is Going Vegan, Affirms World Happiness Expert

Why Veganism In The U.S. Has Grown By 600% In The Past 3 Years

Gun control laws will change when we show children's dead bodies (interesting parallel to animal advocacy)

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Students Who Lived Through Florida Shooting Turn Rage Into Activism

Trader Joe’s Will Remove BPA and BPS From Register Receipts

San Francisco’s D.A. Is Clearing Thousands of Marijuana Convictions. Others Around the Country Should Do the Same.

The United States into the largest incarcerator in the world, not just by the numbers, but per capita as well. The system imposes harsh, unfair, devastating, and long-lasting consequences for millions of people. African Americans are almost four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana use then caucasians, but the rates of usage are similar.

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This company achieved a breakthrough on the way to the “hydrogen economy”

World's First Floating Wind Farm Exceeds Expectations

The world’s first floating wind farm, which is located off the coast of Scotland, is showing that generating great amounts of energy is possible in places with deep seabeds. Although Scotland’s floating wind farm only switched on three months ago, it’s already performing far better than expected. In fact, the farm’s five floating turbines can generate enough power for 20,000 homes at full capacity.

The future of transportation could be this drone-like electric jet

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These young survivors of the Parkland shooting give voice to a nation's outrage


Basic Income Means More Part-Time Jobs, Not Massive Unemployment

Homo erectus may have been a sailor – and able to speak

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School shooting survivors head to Florida state Capitol to talk about gun control

A Lifetime of Activism: Jane Fonda on Gender Violence, Indigenous Rights & Opposing War in Vietnam

The conductor smashing Iranian taboos over women, and music

Plastic bans worldwide will dent oil demand growth, says BP

Offended by Koreans eating dog? I trust you’ve never had a bacon butty

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In Defense of Biodiversity: Why Protecting Species from Extinction Matters

China is placing a ban on fishing in the Yellow River starting this year

Science is bringing on a revolution in the relationship we have with animals

Plenty of research suggests that animals, from the chicken to the octopus, can feel in a similar way to humans. Despite our knowledge that animals have sentience, we continue to ignore this and allow for inhumane practices like branding to be done on animals. If animals can feel, shouldn’t they at least be treated as morally equivalent to humans? It may seem as if few people think so now, but we are moving towards a better relationship with ‘lower’ creatures. Just look at the rising political representation that animals are gaining from parties like the Labour Party in the UK and The Party of the Animals in the Netherlands.

These tiny paper-based fuel cells run on bodily fluids

Disposable diagnostics tests such as pregnancy tests require small batteries or fuel cells to work. Considering that these devices can typically only be used once, an engineer is developing small, nontoxic, inexpensive fuel cells that can be disposed of without ecological impact.There are two reasons why these single-use fuel cells are incredible. First, they are made mainly using paper; and second, instead of relying on lithium, these paper fuel cells use bodily fluids such as saliva and blood.

Religious People Live Longer

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With 10 Million Acres in Patagonia, a National Park System Is Born

The Australian Football League Allows Trans Player in State Leagues

Renewables will be the dominant source of energy sooner than you think

Scientists are finally realizing how important giant bats are for the durian

7 Reasons to Shop Your Local Food Co-op

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Over One Million Trees Pledged to 'Trump Forest' to Offset President's Anti-Climate Agenda (Video)

Javier Bardem Joins Landmark Antarctic Expedition Supporting Creation of World's Largest Protected Area (Video)

Students All Across Florida Walk Out Of Classrooms In Solidarity With The Survivors Of The Stoneman Douglas High School Massacre

In a major change to Irish education, secondary school students no longer "have to" study religion

The Minister for Education, Richard Bruton has confirmed the change in a circular released today, stating that it is a constitutional right for students who chose not to participate in religion class to be offered an alternative, meaningful program.

Wake Up, America: Fur Is So Out

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According to big data, the urban farming revolution is getting started

For clear communication, make sure to avoid this common mistake

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New York Steps Up to Crack Down on Puppy Mills

Cow Who Escaped and Swam to Island Won’t Be Slaughtered

Goliath the Tortoise Comforts Orphaned Puppies (Video)

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Debt for dolphins: Seychelles creates huge marine parks in world-first finance scheme

How international law could help victims of environmental degradation

Is Germany’s Plan to Offer Free Public Transit Cheaper Than Unmitigated Climate Change?

Blue Planet II will convince you to start giving up plastics

'Sloppy and careless': courts call out Trump blitzkrieg on environmental rules

A cascade of courtroom standoffs are beginning to slow, and even reverse, the EPA rollbacks thanks to the administration’s ‘disregard for the law’

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When Scientists “Discover” What Indigenous People Have Known For Centuries

World's first solar fuel reactor that works at night could soon lead us to clean hydrogen

Japanese “forest medicine” is the science of using nature to heal yourself—wherever you are

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Young people are turning the tide on gun control in America

NRA under mounting pressure as companies cut ties with gun lobby

How to reclaim the grace and humanity that our access to guns has led us to squander

AIA Components in States Bordering Mexico Reject Wall on Ethical, Environmental Grounds

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UN security council votes unanimously for month-long Syria ceasefire

Panpsychism: Scientists Discover that Everything — from Rocks to Molecules — Is Conscious

Human Emotion Can Physically Shape Reality — New Research