Japan is giving Washington 250 new cherry trees to replace those to be lost in construction work (wtop.com)
The Earth's projected warming by 2100 has fallen in the last ten years. (ciphernews.com)
New Solar-Powered Desalinator Keeps Producing Clean Water For 20% Cheaper Without Needing Constant Sunshine (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
How the Great Green Wall Is Holding Back the Sahara Desert (kottke.org)
THe Great Green Wall being built in Africa to halt the southern progress of the Sahara Desert is a favorite public works project of mine — it’s massive, ambitious, long-term, important, and if it works, the effect will repay the cost many times over. This video takes a quick look at some of the work being done on the wall in...
Q: “Are we doomed?” A: “We would be, if not for the amazing developments in renewable energy.” (powering-the-planet.ghost.io)
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Low traffic neighborhoods in London reclaiming streets from cars (reasonstobecheerful.world)
California schools forced to compete with fast food industry for workers after minimum wage hike (apnews.com)
Say Hello to Biodegradable Microplastics (today.ucsd.edu)
Woman given a new 3D-printed windpipe in a world-first (www.sciencefocus.com)
Tampa to plant 30,000 trees by 2030 to restore city’s canopy (www.fox13news.com)
TAMPA, Fla. - The city of Tampa will be adding hundreds of trees in two communities as part of the mayor’s mission to plant 30,000 new trees by 2030....
Nuclear fusion: new record brings dream of clean energy closer (www.bbc.co.uk)
Nuclear fusion still remains a long way off but brings the world one step closer to endless clean energy.
Marlon Wayans defied haters by posting Pride pics honoring his trans son (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Non-invasive zaps to the spinal cord can treat paralysis—but no one knows why (arstechnica.com)
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UK toddler has hearing restored in world first gene therapy trial (www.theguardian.com)
Maternal deaths have halved in the last 35 years (ourworldindata.org)
Fact: More of us care about climate change than we think. (ourworldindata.org)
Teen’s Family Struggled to Afford Size 23 Shoes – Shaq Sent a Dozen Pairs, Including Superman Slippers (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
From urchin crushing to lab-grown kelp, efforts to save California's kelp forests show promise (apnews.com)
Homeless youth in Oregon rebuild their lives with $1,000 a month support - OPB (www.opb.org)
'Medically, I Was Gone': Two High School Students Save Their Teacher's Life (www.sunnyskyz.com)
Stranger saves woman's 4 yr old son from flying puck (www.wbng.com)
Scientists Develop New Dirt-Powered Fuel Cell That Runs Forever (scitechdaily.com)
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