Hope For The Planet
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As long as there are people living on this earth, as long as there is a single patch of forest or a single coral reef, this fight will be worth fighting. No matter the odds, hope is the only way forward.
California has reduced the methane emissions of its dairy industry by 5 million metric tons through a strategy of methane collection, updates to waste management, and more efficient milk production with fewer cows. #goodnews
California Leads Nation in Dairy Farm Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions | Happy Eco News
California dairy farms have cut dairy farm greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 5 million tons of carbon dioxide annually through methane digesters, improved waste management, and herd efficiency…
happyeconews.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
California has reduced the methane emissions of its dairy industry by 5 million metric tons through a strategy of methane collection, updates to waste management, and more efficient milk production with fewer cows. #goodnews
The free bus program in Iowa City has removed CO2 emissions equivalent to 5,200 cars in its first year--as well as leading to less cluttered streets, an 18% ridership increase over pre-pandemic levels, and even a 13% increase in buses running on time #goodnews #publictransit
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The free bus program in Iowa City has removed CO2 emissions equivalent to 5,200 cars in its first year--as well as leading to less cluttered streets, an 18% ridership increase over pre-pandemic levels, and even a 13% increase in buses running on time #goodnews #publictransit
The EU recently set a new legally binding climate goalpost of 90% emissions reductions by 2040, in advance of their final target of 100% emissions reductions by 2050. #climatechange #goodnews
2040 Climate Target: Council agrees its position on 90% emissions reduction
Today, the Council has reached an agreement on amending the European climate law (ECL), introducing a binding intermediate climate target for 2040 of a 90% reduction...
www.consilium.europa.eu
December 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The EU recently set a new legally binding climate goalpost of 90% emissions reductions by 2040, in advance of their final target of 100% emissions reductions by 2050. #climatechange #goodnews
The North Atlantic right whale population saw no mortalities, four new mothers, and eleven calves this year--a sign of recovery for an endangered species previously decimated by whaling. Recent efforts have also made progress on reducing modern threats like boat collisions and entanglement #goodnews
Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale Population Is Slowly Increasing, Scientists Say
Unlike other baleens like the fin whale, humpback, and blue whale, the North Atlantic right whale has been slow to recover.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The North Atlantic right whale population saw no mortalities, four new mothers, and eleven calves this year--a sign of recovery for an endangered species previously decimated by whaling. Recent efforts have also made progress on reducing modern threats like boat collisions and entanglement #goodnews
"Cloud milking" uses metal pins to collect droplets of water in foggy areas, which can be used to provide additional water to vulnerable forests that are experiencing drier conditions due to climate change. #goodnews
'Cloud-milking' is keeping forests alive in areas devastated by drought
The Canary Islands are using innovative “cloud-milking” nets to capture fog water and restore drought-stricken forests.
www.goodgoodgood.co
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Cloud milking" uses metal pins to collect droplets of water in foggy areas, which can be used to provide additional water to vulnerable forests that are experiencing drier conditions due to climate change. #goodnews
"Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Ming Yang Smart Energy is reportedly planning to debut a 50-megawatt (MW), two-headed floating wind turbine that could upend the offshore wind industry because of its low costs." #renewableenergy #windenergy
China's Ming Yang promises monster two-headed, low cost 50 MW floating wind turbine
China's Ming Yang says new two-headed wind turbine platform could be a monster, with proposed capacity of 50 MW and surprisingly low costs.
reneweconomy.com.au
December 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Ming Yang Smart Energy is reportedly planning to debut a 50-megawatt (MW), two-headed floating wind turbine that could upend the offshore wind industry because of its low costs." #renewableenergy #windenergy
"Renewables – a combination of solar PV, wind, hydro and biomass – overtook coal on a monthly basis for the first time in September, according to a leading energy analyst." #goodnews #renewableenergy
Renewables overtake coal for first time on monthly basis in Australia's main grid
Renewables overtook coal on a monthly basis for the first time in September, with one wind farm delivering average capacity factor of 67.9 pct.
reneweconomy.com.au
November 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Renewables – a combination of solar PV, wind, hydro and biomass – overtook coal on a monthly basis for the first time in September, according to a leading energy analyst." #goodnews #renewableenergy
After work rebuilding habitat corridors and focusing on wildlife coexistence with local communities, a leopard was caught on camera trap in western South Africa for the first time in 170 years. This shows the species is beginning to recolonize their previous habitat. #conservation #goodnews
Western South Africa Sees Leopards Returning to Ancestral Habitat After 170 Years
A shift in project focus to human-wildlife coexistence rather than just focusing on providing protection to reserves, has been key.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
After work rebuilding habitat corridors and focusing on wildlife coexistence with local communities, a leopard was caught on camera trap in western South Africa for the first time in 170 years. This shows the species is beginning to recolonize their previous habitat. #conservation #goodnews
"Low-and middle-income countries could see their GDP grow by around 10% within 25 years if they transition to renewables quickly enough to double energy-sector productivity, a new report found." #renewableenergy
Renewables could increase developing countries' GDP by 10%, report finds
Between 2017 and 2022, renewable investments in the 100 largest developing countries (excluding China) contributed a combined $1.2 trillion to GDP growth.
www.yahoo.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
"Low-and middle-income countries could see their GDP grow by around 10% within 25 years if they transition to renewables quickly enough to double energy-sector productivity, a new report found." #renewableenergy
A new protected area has been established in the Bolivian Amazon, covering over 500,000 acres of tropical forest, savannas, and rivers. This new area hinges on community-led conservation and protection of environmental resources. #goodnews
Nueva Esperanza Municipality Establishes Río Negro, a New Protected Area in the Northern Bolivian Amazon - Andes Amazon Fund
The area encompasses over 517,156 acres (209,286 hectares) of tropical forests, seasonally flooded savannas, alluvial plains, the meandering Negro River, and ancient geological formations of the…
www.andesamazonfund.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A new protected area has been established in the Bolivian Amazon, covering over 500,000 acres of tropical forest, savannas, and rivers. This new area hinges on community-led conservation and protection of environmental resources. #goodnews
"Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the transition away from fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe."
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the transition away from fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe."
The Massachusetts Department of Ecological Restoration is rewilding unused cranberry bogs into natural wetlands. So far 500 acres have been converted and the hope is to reach 1,000 in the next 10 years. Restored wetlands provide vital habitat and flood control. #goodnews #rewilding
Massachusetts is turning retired cranberry bogs into natural wetlands. They’re on track to rewild 1,000 acres
The Division of Ecological Restoration has an ambitious pledge in the works when it comes to the state’s many cranberry bogs.
www.goodgoodgood.co
November 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The Massachusetts Department of Ecological Restoration is rewilding unused cranberry bogs into natural wetlands. So far 500 acres have been converted and the hope is to reach 1,000 in the next 10 years. Restored wetlands provide vital habitat and flood control. #goodnews #rewilding
Boston and Cambridge's ancient underground heating system is beginning a transition from a fossil-fuel powered boiler to a giant heat pump using the Charles River as a source of thermal energy. It should be complete by 2028. #goodnews #renewableenergy
Boston’s century-old steam heat system is getting a low-carbon…
Boston and Cambridge’s decades-old district energy system is being retooled to shift away from gas and toward heat pumps and electric boilers.
www.canarymedia.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Boston and Cambridge's ancient underground heating system is beginning a transition from a fossil-fuel powered boiler to a giant heat pump using the Charles River as a source of thermal energy. It should be complete by 2028. #goodnews #renewableenergy
A new study found that growing banana and palm trees to shade cocoa plantations in west Africa could sequester enough carbon to entirely offset their emissions. Growing cocoa is one of the highest carbon emissions crops and this method could reduce both emissions and deforestation. #goodnews
Growing trees for shade has ‘enormous’ potential for cutting cocoa emissions - Carbon Brief
Growing tall trees to provide shade for cocoa plantations in west Africa could sequester millions of tonnes of carbon, according to a new study.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A new study found that growing banana and palm trees to shade cocoa plantations in west Africa could sequester enough carbon to entirely offset their emissions. Growing cocoa is one of the highest carbon emissions crops and this method could reduce both emissions and deforestation. #goodnews
"Five California tribes have established an intertribal commission to co-manage Chuckwalla National Monument, marking a historic step toward tribal sovereignty over sacred desert lands." #goodnews
Five Native tribes are coming together to protect a California cultural landscape
A coalition of five California desert tribes will co-manage the 624,000-acre Chuckwalla National Monument.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Five California tribes have established an intertribal commission to co-manage Chuckwalla National Monument, marking a historic step toward tribal sovereignty over sacred desert lands." #goodnews
"Germany has quietly become home to over one million tiny solar power plants hanging from apartment balconies and mounted on terraces across the country. These plug-and-play solar systems, called “Balkonkraftwerke” in German, reached this milestone by late June 2025..." #goodnews #solarenergy
German Balcony Solar Boom: A Million Apartment Dwellers Fighting Climate Change | Happy Eco News
German balcony solar systems have reached one million installations across Germany, democratizing renewable energy access for apartment renters and homeowners alike. These plug-and-play systems…
happyeconews.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Germany has quietly become home to over one million tiny solar power plants hanging from apartment balconies and mounted on terraces across the country. These plug-and-play solar systems, called “Balkonkraftwerke” in German, reached this milestone by late June 2025..." #goodnews #solarenergy
The small Chyulu black rhino population recently welcomed a new calf--bringing their total population to nine. This group of rhinos has unique genetics among their species and was thought to be extinct until 1990 after managing to hide from both poachers and conservationists. #goodnews #conservation
Critically endangered black rhino calf born in the wild in Kenya
Wildlife researchers are celebrating the wild birth of a critically endangered eastern black rhino as a tiny subgroup in Kenya attempts to repopulate.
abcnews.go.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The small Chyulu black rhino population recently welcomed a new calf--bringing their total population to nine. This group of rhinos has unique genetics among their species and was thought to be extinct until 1990 after managing to hide from both poachers and conservationists. #goodnews #conservation
"China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months, analysis reveals, adding evidence to the hope that the world’s biggest polluter has managed to hit its target of peak CO2 emissions well ahead of schedule." #goodnews #climatechange
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months, analysis reveals, adding evidence to the hope that the world’s biggest polluter has managed to hit its target of peak CO2 emissions well ahead of schedule." #goodnews #climatechange
"The Australian government is floating a scheme that would share the benefits of solar power with everyone on the grid, offering totally free electricity to ratepayers in the middle of the day, when the sun is shining the strongest." #goodnews #solarenergy
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"The Australian government is floating a scheme that would share the benefits of solar power with everyone on the grid, offering totally free electricity to ratepayers in the middle of the day, when the sun is shining the strongest." #goodnews #solarenergy
Over the last decade, deforestation has slowed in every region on Earth. Around 250 million hectares of protected forest have been added since 1990 and 71% of the world's forests are under public ownership. #goodnews #hope
Decade of slowing deforestation offers hope for forests
Lush, green and brimming with trees and wildlife, forests are the Earth’s lungs and source of livelihoods for many communities.
news.un.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Back in 2017— when the last chance conservation effort to move vaquitas into protected sea pens failed—if you had told me there would still be vaquitas in 2025 I would not have believed it. They are still in terrible danger, but that they exist at all and are having babies is miraculous #hope
The rarest porpoises on Earth are hanging on
The latest report shows that the estimated number of endangered vaquita porpoises has modestly increased
www.scientificamerican.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Back in 2017— when the last chance conservation effort to move vaquitas into protected sea pens failed—if you had told me there would still be vaquitas in 2025 I would not have believed it. They are still in terrible danger, but that they exist at all and are having babies is miraculous #hope
"Spain’s rapid deployment of wind and solar energy has slashed the influence of expensive gas and coal plants on electricity prices by 75% since 2019, according to new analysis by research group Ember. As a result, the country is now one of the cheapest electricity markets in Europe." #goodnews
In numbers: Renewables have turned Spain into one of Europe's cheapest electricity markets
Wind and solar met almost half of Spain’s electricity demand in the first half of 2025 (46%), up from 27% in the same period in 2019.
theprogressplaybook.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"Spain’s rapid deployment of wind and solar energy has slashed the influence of expensive gas and coal plants on electricity prices by 75% since 2019, according to new analysis by research group Ember. As a result, the country is now one of the cheapest electricity markets in Europe." #goodnews
"This is a power generation system based on underwater 'kites' that converts water currents into clean energy without the need for dams. The model mimics the operation of a ski lift, although in reverse." #cleanenergy #hydroelectric #goodnews
Farewell to Dams: The Innovative German Invention Promising to Transform Hydroelectric Energy - Noticias Ambientales
A new German development surprises with its innovation in hydroelectric energy: it is the cableKites technology, which harnesses the power of the sea.
noticiasambientales.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"This is a power generation system based on underwater 'kites' that converts water currents into clean energy without the need for dams. The model mimics the operation of a ski lift, although in reverse." #cleanenergy #hydroelectric #goodnews
Costa Rica aims to be the world's first carbon neutral country. Around 93% of their energy currently comes from renewable sources--through reforestation and further clean transportation and energy initiatives they aim to be fully carbon neutral by 2050. #goodnews #renewableenergy
More Than 98 Percent of Costa Rica’s Energy Is Renewable—Here’s How
This Central American country has an ambitious plan to reach climate neutrality by 2050
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Costa Rica aims to be the world's first carbon neutral country. Around 93% of their energy currently comes from renewable sources--through reforestation and further clean transportation and energy initiatives they aim to be fully carbon neutral by 2050. #goodnews #renewableenergy
Lithium is vital in batteries for the clean energy transition, but mining it can cause damage to the environment and human communities. This company is pioneering a new mining technique that poses far fewer environmental risks and uses 1/10th the water of even other advanced methods. #goodnews
This company is planning a lithium empire from the shores of the Great Salt Lake
Lilac Solutions is pioneering a new type of lithium extraction that could double US production in two years and shake up the industry.
www.technologyreview.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Lithium is vital in batteries for the clean energy transition, but mining it can cause damage to the environment and human communities. This company is pioneering a new mining technique that poses far fewer environmental risks and uses 1/10th the water of even other advanced methods. #goodnews