The Positive News Thread

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Not Just North Dakota: Here Are 10 More States Where Activists Are Fighting Pipeline Projects

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Thermoelectric paint generates electricity from almost any heat source

The Future Of Meat Is Meatless, Just As Tasty, And About To Change The World

For anyone interested: DawnWatch.com - watching animal issues in the media

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Cancer Fighting Holiday Cookies Recipe

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The Vegan Society and Vegan Chef Day present recipe video series 'Festive Menu'

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Obama Protects Waterways From Coal Mining Before Trump Crashes the White House

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EU agrees on (even) tougher gun laws

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Death penalty slowly disappearing from the US, end-of-year report suggests

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In Historic Move, President Obama Has Banned Arctic and Atlantic Offshore Drilling ＼（＾○＾）人（＾○＾）／

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Woman hides thousands of children in coffins – then she’s arrested and her dark secret emerges
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(Edit: This is nothing gruesome, but about an amazing, incredibly brave woman who saved more than 2.500 children in WW2!)

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Five Ways to Defend Immigrants in America

New York Appellate Court Grants New Hearing in Tommy Chimpanzee Rights Case

New study: Women's brains get reorganized after giving birth so they can be a better mother

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Meditation can aid in cancer healing and staying clear of cancer after treatment

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(Not sure if someone has posted this on the forums before - if so, sorry!)

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Obama pulls regs that could have fueled 'Muslim registry' under Trump

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Hands Across The Trenches – Time To Again Grasp 1914 Christmas Truce

16 Vegan Recipes You Absolutely Have To Try This Christmas

Transformation on the Battlefield - The strange connection between war and spiritual awakening

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U.N. Security Council passes resolution to stop Israel's settlement activity on Palestinian territory (And U.S. declines to veto the resolution)

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Landmark Human Rights Case Against World's Biggest Fossil Fuel Firms

The Philippines Commission on Human Rights has announced that it is moving forward with the next steps in the world’s first-ever case against major fossil fuel companies for alleged human rights abuses.

The commission is to take to task oil giants such as Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, Total, BHP Billiton, Suncor and ConocoPhillips for their alleged role in causing death and financial loss on a massive scale as a result of climate-induced disasters in the archipelago.

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Pope Francis Says Ills of Global Economy, Not Islam, Inspire Terrorism

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Aleppo’s Christians Celebrate Christmas and Hope for the Return of Peace

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Article by one of the activists: I May Be Facing Felony Charges for Shutting Off a Pipeline Valve, but the Real Radicals Are Running the Fossil Fuel Companies

Major American Meat Company Is Betting on Plant-Based Protein: Tyson Foods now owns 5 percent of Beyond Meat (There's obviously two sides to this coin...)

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In One of the Nation’s Unhealthiest Places, This Hospital Prescribes Fresh Food From Its Own Farm

In an industry usually focused on medicine and procedures, a Philadelphia-area hospital decided what its patients needed was a farm and advice about food.

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Veganism was the most searched for dietary trend of 2016

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Petroleum Giant Stratoil Pulls Out of Tar Sands Projects in Favor of Wind Power

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Basic Income Arrives: Finland To Hand Out Guaranteed Income Of €560 To Lucky Citizens

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Basic Income Arrives: Finland To Hand Out Guaranteed Income Of €560 To Lucky Citizens

Yesss!        (The amount obviously isn't sufficient, but it's a great start! So glad to read this, thanks Cosmo!)

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Two sides of the same coin: These Are the 10 Most Important Climate Stories of 2016

2016 was a year where planetary peril and human hope stood out in stark contrast.

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Solar Farms Expected to Have Outpaced Natural Gas in U.S. in 2016

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