Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo
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Progress is happening every day, just not always with fireworks 🎉 or trending hashtags #️⃣. It's like the slow-cooker version: steady, quiet, but cooking up something good. So if the world looks like eww 🤮, it’s really more like whoa 🤯, but in slow-mo.
#Boston is putting 30 #GreenRoofs made of plants on top of bus shelters along a busy route to help cool down hot city streets, soak up rainwater and cut down stormwater runoff. It will also give birds and #pollinators a little habitat 🌿, which makes waiting for the bus more comfortable. ☀️🚍
Bus Stop Green Roofs
WHY WE ARE DOING THIS
www.boston.gov
December 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
#Boston is putting 30 #GreenRoofs made of plants on top of bus shelters along a busy route to help cool down hot city streets, soak up rainwater and cut down stormwater runoff. It will also give birds and #pollinators a little habitat 🌿, which makes waiting for the bus more comfortable. ☀️🚍
🌊 Nuclear-powered #desalination could help water-scarce countries in the ☪️ Arab region make clean drinking #water more sustainably. It uses nuclear energy instead of burning fossil fuels for traditional desalination, showing a hopeful tech solution to #climate and water stress challenges 💧
Nuclear Desalination: A Sustainable Solution for Water Security in the Arab Region
Nuclear desalination is offering countries in the Arab region and beyond a clean alternative to energy-hungry traditional desalination.
www.iaea.org
December 29, 2025 at 3:53 AM
🌊 Nuclear-powered #desalination could help water-scarce countries in the ☪️ Arab region make clean drinking #water more sustainably. It uses nuclear energy instead of burning fossil fuels for traditional desalination, showing a hopeful tech solution to #climate and water stress challenges 💧
Atlanta just opened #WaterworksVillage, a new rapid-housing project with about 100 studio units of affordable, permanent housing built using modular construction. It helps people experiencing homelessness get a stable place to live, plus shared spaces and services like laundry and medical support 📦🏠
Atlanta opens third rapid housing project at Waterworks site
Waterworks Village includes 100 studio units on city-owned property off 17th Street.
www.axios.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Atlanta just opened #WaterworksVillage, a new rapid-housing project with about 100 studio units of affordable, permanent housing built using modular construction. It helps people experiencing homelessness get a stable place to live, plus shared spaces and services like laundry and medical support 📦🏠
🎄💌 A terminally ill mum-of-three, Clare Jones, was overwhelmed with love after a simple Facebook post asking for extra #Christmas cards for what could be her last Christmas went viral. It lead to thousands of cards, #gifts, and messages from around the world 📬✨.
Terminally ill Swansea mum issues plea for Christmas cards
Clare Jones gets thousands of cards after a plea to make her last Christmas "special" goes viral.
www.bbc.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🎄💌 A terminally ill mum-of-three, Clare Jones, was overwhelmed with love after a simple Facebook post asking for extra #Christmas cards for what could be her last Christmas went viral. It lead to thousands of cards, #gifts, and messages from around the world 📬✨.
Every year on Dec 23, #ComfortDental’s 180 clinics open their doors from morning to noon and give away dental care for free to anyone as part of their long-running holiday tradition on a first-come, first-served basis. It's supported by hundreds of volunteer dentists doing good in their communities🦷
For 39 Years, This Dental Franchise Has Offered Free Care To Anyone In Need For The Holidays | DailyGood
A day before Santa makes his way around the globe, over 300 dentists have their own day of giving. Every year on December 23, in 10 states, Comfort Dental&rsquo
www.dailygood.org
December 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Every year on Dec 23, #ComfortDental’s 180 clinics open their doors from morning to noon and give away dental care for free to anyone as part of their long-running holiday tradition on a first-come, first-served basis. It's supported by hundreds of volunteer dentists doing good in their communities🦷
🇮🇩 Jakarta just made it illegal to sell, slaughter or eat dog, cat and bat meat to help stop rabies and protect public health 🐶🐱🦇💉. Officials say that this is a big move, will cut down disease risk and shift attitudes about these #animals in #Indonesia’s capital 🚫.
Major Asian city finally bans dog and cat meat in victory for animal rights activists
New regulations outlaw trade and slaughter of animals deemed high-risk for rabies transmission
www.independent.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🇮🇩 Jakarta just made it illegal to sell, slaughter or eat dog, cat and bat meat to help stop rabies and protect public health 🐶🐱🦇💉. Officials say that this is a big move, will cut down disease risk and shift attitudes about these #animals in #Indonesia’s capital 🚫.
🛐Faith leaders from different religious groups have been showing up at protests against recent #ICE raids. They're urging people to stick with peaceful, nonviolent resistance, protect #immigrant neighbors and lead by example with love and courage in the face of aggressive enforcement 🕊️✊🤝
US faith leaders opposed to ICE raids counsel nonviolent resistance and lead by example
Faith leaders across denominations are joining nationwide protests against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown but are calling for any resistance to remain nonviolent.
apnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🛐Faith leaders from different religious groups have been showing up at protests against recent #ICE raids. They're urging people to stick with peaceful, nonviolent resistance, protect #immigrant neighbors and lead by example with love and courage in the face of aggressive enforcement 🕊️✊🤝
🇪🇺 Europe just built its first #sodium-ion-battery cell using only locally made parts in #Wales. It comes to show that homegrown materials and manufacturing can push new, cheaper battery tech forward and help boost #EnergyStorage independence 😊🔋
Europe’s first sodium-ion cell made with fully domestic components
Welsh battery breakthrough uses UK-manufactured anode and cathode materials as well as active materials available through local supply chains. Batri plans to scale up material manufacturing and cell b...
www.pv-magazine.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
🇪🇺 Europe just built its first #sodium-ion-battery cell using only locally made parts in #Wales. It comes to show that homegrown materials and manufacturing can push new, cheaper battery tech forward and help boost #EnergyStorage independence 😊🔋
🇬🇾Guyana is taking some of its big new oil money and putting it into #solar☀️, #hydro💧, and other #renewable projects to build a greener power mix⚡. It aims for about 80 % of renewable electricity by 2040. At the same time it's training workers and making it a smooth transition for everyone 🛢️➡️🌱
Guyana Is Using Its Oil Revenues to Spark a Renewable Energy Boom | OilPrice.com
Guyana is channeling its rapidly growing oil revenues into renewable energy, with support from the United Nations, to diversify its power sector and strengthen long-term energy security.
oilprice.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🇬🇾Guyana is taking some of its big new oil money and putting it into #solar☀️, #hydro💧, and other #renewable projects to build a greener power mix⚡. It aims for about 80 % of renewable electricity by 2040. At the same time it's training workers and making it a smooth transition for everyone 🛢️➡️🌱
The #FDA just approved zoliflodacin, sold as #Nuzolvence, a new single-dose, oral pill to treat #gonorrhea in people 12 and up 🧪💊. It gives doctors and patients a much-needed, easier option against a sexually transmitted infection that’s been getting tougher to treat with older antibiotics ✨
FDA approves first new kind of drug to target gonorrhea in decades
The bacterium that causes gonorrhea has developed resistance to nearly every antibiotic used against it.
www.statnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The #FDA just approved zoliflodacin, sold as #Nuzolvence, a new single-dose, oral pill to treat #gonorrhea in people 12 and up 🧪💊. It gives doctors and patients a much-needed, easier option against a sexually transmitted infection that’s been getting tougher to treat with older antibiotics ✨
In this borderline crazy DIY video, an engineer in the #UK salvaged 500 disposable #VapeBatteries to build a giant ~2500Wh power bank that could run his workshop and even power his house. ⚡🏠 A case for reusing or recycling lithium batteries before they end up in landfills.🔋
I Powered My House Using 500 Disposable vapes
YouTube video by Chris Doel
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
In this borderline crazy DIY video, an engineer in the #UK salvaged 500 disposable #VapeBatteries to build a giant ~2500Wh power bank that could run his workshop and even power his house. ⚡🏠 A case for reusing or recycling lithium batteries before they end up in landfills.🔋
In #SteamboatSprings, a local billionaire named Mark Stevens just bought a big 104-unit apartment 🏠 complex for over $95M and slashed the rents below normal so teachers, workers, and locals can actually afford to live there. 👩🏫👨🔧
#HousingShortage
#HousingShortage
Steamboat Springs billionaire buys new apartment complex and slashes rent to help curb housing shortage
Steamboat Springs investor Mark Stevens acquired the 104-unit Riverview apartments for more than $95 million and is renting to local workers
coloradosun.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In #SteamboatSprings, a local billionaire named Mark Stevens just bought a big 104-unit apartment 🏠 complex for over $95M and slashed the rents below normal so teachers, workers, and locals can actually afford to live there. 👩🏫👨🔧
#HousingShortage
#HousingShortage
In this opinion piece the author argues that data centers use huge amounts of electricity and often rely on #fossil-fuel backup generators. A new research suggests that adding big #batteries 🔋in these facilities could provide power, reduce emissions and make grid connections cleaner with #AI growth⚡
How Batteries Could Play a Role in Data Center Rollouts - Inside Climate News
An Aurora Energy Research report explores how storage could be co-located with AI training facilities.
insideclimatenews.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
In this opinion piece the author argues that data centers use huge amounts of electricity and often rely on #fossil-fuel backup generators. A new research suggests that adding big #batteries 🔋in these facilities could provide power, reduce emissions and make grid connections cleaner with #AI growth⚡
🇪🇺 Europe is about to roll out the world’s first big carbon tariff called the #CarbonBorderAdjustmentMechanism ( #CBAM). It will make countries pay fees on imports like steel and aluminum based on how much pollution they create before entering the #EU to help cut global #emissions 💨🏭
Europe’s world-first carbon tariff is coming. Here’s what to know.
The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is part of a broader effort to decarbonize heavy industries in Europe and globally. It takes full effect Jan.…
www.canarymedia.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
🇪🇺 Europe is about to roll out the world’s first big carbon tariff called the #CarbonBorderAdjustmentMechanism ( #CBAM). It will make countries pay fees on imports like steel and aluminum based on how much pollution they create before entering the #EU to help cut global #emissions 💨🏭
A giant 400 MW #StubboSolarFarm in NSW, #Australia has committed ~1M of its panels to end-of-life recycling♻️ and reuse before it even hits full commercial operation. It sets a new benchmark for “circular” #solar🌞🔄 projects that try to cut waste and keep old panels out of landfills ⚡️ #ClimateAction
reneweconomy.com.au
December 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A giant 400 MW #StubboSolarFarm in NSW, #Australia has committed ~1M of its panels to end-of-life recycling♻️ and reuse before it even hits full commercial operation. It sets a new benchmark for “circular” #solar🌞🔄 projects that try to cut waste and keep old panels out of landfills ⚡️ #ClimateAction
#ReNewEnergy and #Google signed a long-term deal to build a 150 MW #solar farm in Rajasthan,🇮🇳 India that should start in 2026 and generate clean electricity ⚡ to power hundreds of thousands of homes. It will help Google cut carbon emissions and support India’s renewable energy growth 🌞
ReNew inks pact with Google to build 150 MW solar project in India
India's ReNew Energy Global said on Tuesday it has signed a long-term deal with Alphabet's Google to develop a 150-megawatt solar project in the western Indian state of Rajasthan.
www.reuters.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#ReNewEnergy and #Google signed a long-term deal to build a 150 MW #solar farm in Rajasthan,🇮🇳 India that should start in 2026 and generate clean electricity ⚡ to power hundreds of thousands of homes. It will help Google cut carbon emissions and support India’s renewable energy growth 🌞
🇪🇺 The European Parliament voted for a non-binding plan asking the #EU to help fund travel and #abortions for women who can’t legally access them in their own countries. It’s not law yet and still needs more approval ⚕️
European Parliament asks for EU funds to finance abortions abroad
Lawmakers have approved a resolution calling for an EU solidarity mechanism to help women without access to safe and legal abortion in their countries.
www.euronews.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
🇪🇺 The European Parliament voted for a non-binding plan asking the #EU to help fund travel and #abortions for women who can’t legally access them in their own countries. It’s not law yet and still needs more approval ⚕️
🇮🇷 Iran is building a huge #solar power plant called Aftab Shargh in #Isfahan that already feeds 120 MW into the national grid and is on track to reach 600 MW by March 2027. It could power about 2.5 million homes and cut around 1 million tons of CO2 #emissions every year ⚡🌞
Iran’s mega solar plant to power 2.5 million homes
The Aftab Shargh power plant in Iran’s Isfahan province will have a 600 MW power generation capacity.
www.presstv.ir
December 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
🇮🇷 Iran is building a huge #solar power plant called Aftab Shargh in #Isfahan that already feeds 120 MW into the national grid and is on track to reach 600 MW by March 2027. It could power about 2.5 million homes and cut around 1 million tons of CO2 #emissions every year ⚡🌞
#Batteries 🔋used for storing energy from big solar farms have gotten so cheap that now we can save excess sunshine in them and use it on demand. #Solar 🌞 can give #electricity not just in the daytime but anytime 24/7, without costing more than other options ⚡🌙.
Batteries now cheap enough to make dispatchable solar economically feasible
Energy think tank Ember says utility-scale battery costs can now achieve a levelized cost of storage of $65/MWh outside China and the United States, enabling solar power to be delivered when needed.
www.pv-magazine.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
#Batteries 🔋used for storing energy from big solar farms have gotten so cheap that now we can save excess sunshine in them and use it on demand. #Solar 🌞 can give #electricity not just in the daytime but anytime 24/7, without costing more than other options ⚡🌙.
#Toyota just unveiled its new #UrbanCruiser electric SUV, a smaller, more affordable #EV with different battery options and useful features that’s launching in 🇪🇺 Europe 👀⚡🚗 It gives people an easy way to go electric on a budget and it might help make EVs more common in cities and everyday life 🌍🔋
Toyota launches the new Urban Cruiser EV, an 'authentic' entry-level electric SUV
The Urban Cruiser is Toyota’s second fully electric SUV, but it adds some meaningful upgrades over the outgoing bZ4X. Meet...
electrek.co
December 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#Toyota just unveiled its new #UrbanCruiser electric SUV, a smaller, more affordable #EV with different battery options and useful features that’s launching in 🇪🇺 Europe 👀⚡🚗 It gives people an easy way to go electric on a budget and it might help make EVs more common in cities and everyday life 🌍🔋
🇫🇮 Finland is trying out cool new ways to use heat from huge internet data centers to warm entire towns in winter and make its energy system more sustainable beyond just #solar and #wind power⚡. It shows how tech and #renewables can team up to fight climate change and cut down on fossil fuels 🍃💡
Finland goes beyond solar and wind power — Internet is generating enough energy to power entire 100,000-people cities
Finland is one country that is able to go far beyond solar and wind power, with the internet generating enough power to provide heat to 100,000 people cities.
www.ecoportal.net
December 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🇫🇮 Finland is trying out cool new ways to use heat from huge internet data centers to warm entire towns in winter and make its energy system more sustainable beyond just #solar and #wind power⚡. It shows how tech and #renewables can team up to fight climate change and cut down on fossil fuels 🍃💡
🇪🇬 Egypt and 🇨🇳 Chinese solar maker JA #Solar just broke ground on a big new $210 million solar manufacturing hub in the #SuezCanalEconomicZone that’s set to build about 2 GW of solar cells and storage for local and regional markets. 🌞🌍
JA Solar joins consortium building $210 million PV module factory in Egypt
The 200 square meter facility is targeting an annual manufacturing capacity of 2 GW of solar cells and 2 GW of solar modules. The solar cell production will be 100% for export.
www.pv-magazine.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🇪🇬 Egypt and 🇨🇳 Chinese solar maker JA #Solar just broke ground on a big new $210 million solar manufacturing hub in the #SuezCanalEconomicZone that’s set to build about 2 GW of solar cells and storage for local and regional markets. 🌞🌍
🇸🇬 Singapore’s Land Transport Authority just ordered 660 new 🚌 #electric buses⚡, including both single-deck and double-deck models. They will start rolling out from late 2026 to replace old diesel buses as part of its push to make the whole public bus fleet cleaner and fully electric by 2040 🌱🔌
Singapore orders 660 electric buses as it phases out diesel fleet
Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded six contracts for 660 new electric buses, comprising 360 single-deck and 300 double-deck vehicles, which will be progressively deployed from end-...
news.cgtn.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
🇸🇬 Singapore’s Land Transport Authority just ordered 660 new 🚌 #electric buses⚡, including both single-deck and double-deck models. They will start rolling out from late 2026 to replace old diesel buses as part of its push to make the whole public bus fleet cleaner and fully electric by 2040 🌱🔌
🇸🇪 Sweden just opened a really cool car park in Lund that uses 57 old wind #turbine blades as part of the building’s walls to cut down on waste and make the structure more eco-friendly 🚗. It has 365 parking spots, #EV chargers, and shows how old renewable energy parts can get a second life ♻️
Sweden launches wind-powered car park built from old turbine blades
Sweden has just opened Europe's first car park built from 57 old wind turbine blades from a decommissioned wind farm.
interestingengineering.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
#ERCOT’s power market in Texas is seeing huge growth in🔋 #battery storage (over 5.2 GW) and🌞 #solar (about 4.5 GW) as the main sources of new capacity this year. It shows a big shift away from gas and other fuels but still needs careful planning as these intermittent resources grow. 💡⚡
ERCOT’s market is transitioning toward storage and solar
Texas added over 11,000 megawatts of new electric capacity in 2025, led by 5,200 megawatts of battery storage and 4,500 megawatts of solar power, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas...
www.renewableenergyworld.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM