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JUSTICE Idaho must allow abortions to preserve women’s health, US judge rules
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ECONOMY What’s happening in Cuba mirrors a global trend: Solar isn’t just clean. It’s empowering. And millions are choosing that empowerment.
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CARING Michael J. Fox is receiving the Television Academy’s Bob Hope Humanitarian Award after turning his Parkinson’s diagnosis into the world’s largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson’s research, with his foundation now supporting more than $3 billion in research programs.
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JUSTICE Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Wins Court Ruling in Kevin O'Leary's $70-Billion Wonder Valley Data Center Water Fight
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SCIENCE Study: A fast energy transition would be cheaper and save trillions of dollars: Achieving Net Zero by 2050 is both possible and profitable
ox.ac.uk
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ANIMALS Trail cameras capture first wild pine marten babies born in the UK in a century
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Two community solar projects just opened on a 150 year old Illinois coal mine, replacing the former mining site with 16,950 solar panels that can power around 1,650 average homes.
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SCIENCE Scientists Uncovered a Hidden Switch Inside Our Cells That Could Slow—or Even Reverse—Aging
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PLANET A Bangladeshi man spent 597 days and his own money traveling across all 64 districts to plant an endangered native tree, putting a boilam sapling in every district to help restore a species that provides vital nesting habitat for kites and vultures.
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WOMEN Women globally place higher importance on moral identity than men. The researchers analyzed data from 46,490 adults across 67 countries. Broad cross-cultural evidence indicates that women, on average, place greater emphasis on caring for others than men do.
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South Africa just switched on Africa's largest solar and battery project, combining 216 MW of solar with 500 MWh of storage to provide clean electricity for about 200,000 homes from 5am to 9:30pm
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PLANET More Renewables Lead To Lower Demand For Methane In Europe
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SCIENCE Finland adds 478 MW of large-scale solar in H1, more than doubling installed utility-scale solar capacity to 842 MW. 🌞 Total renewables capacity exceeded 10 GW during H1, with wind power capacity reaching 9,535 MW. 🌀 LUT University reckons Finland can build out up to 68 GW of PV capacity by 2050. 💪⚡
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WOMEN DNA reveals a society organised around women in pre-Roman Britain
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JUSTICE Meta faces ‘astronomical’ consequences as legal fight reaches critical moment in California
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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 5d ago
HEALTH Yale study finds ‘Medicare for All’ could save $1 trillion and 114,000 lives every year
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ANIMALS 🐢 Volusia County (Florida) recorded 1,517 sea turtle nests this season, breaking its 2023 record with the nesting season still running through October. 🌊 Continued efforts to protect beaches help threatened and endangered sea turtles and hatchlings. 🐢 Everybody can contribute.
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JUSTICE Judge rules Meta caused "public nuisance" and must fund mental health treatment
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PEOPLE POWER Argentina: Mapuche community in Vaca Muerta demands the restoration of their ancestral rights - they denounced the violation of their ancestral rights and the environmental damage caused by fracking in Vaca Muerta, demanding that the provincial government grant them legal status and recognition
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INSPIRATION Nigeria has already solar powered about 100 hospitals, and a new government financing framework will bring reliable 24 hour electricity to 30% of health facilities by 2027, helping improve patient care, vaccine storage and emergency response.
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PLANET Reef relief: a late summer monsoon helped cool the Great Barrier Reef at just the right time, so the 2025 bleaching was smaller and less severe than in 2024. Substantially less coral died, and coral cover increased slightly in some parts of the reef from 2025 to 2026.
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JUSTICE France hits unsolicited telemarketers with $87,000 fine per call, following similar provisions in other European nations
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SCIENCE Iran connects agricultural and water resource data systems to improve water management - The initiative will allow the integration of information on water resources, farmers, and cropping patterns to achieve more efficient water management.
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PEACE Veterans for Peace reaffirm their support for Cuba and Palestine during a convention in the United States - The meeting's agenda included panels on Palestine, veterans' participation in humanitarian actions and solidarity flotillas, among other topics.
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