Hi, all, and happy Sunday!
Iāve got another good news list for you that almost exceeded Substackās length limits! Wow! Enjoy it. Youāve earned a few minutes of celebration; your hard workāor that of people just like youāmade most of the below possible. BRAVO!
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This article really helped my climate anxiety. Maybe itāll help yours!
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The state of TexasĀ isĀ suing oil giant ShellĀ for damaging the environment by causing a fire on May 5th full of thick black smoke that contaminated the air and water and broke state laws.
Regenerative farmingĀ is on the rise.
Airless tiresĀ that were firstĀ designed by NASAĀ for lunar rovers are entering consumer development and could end tire punctures andĀ massively reduce the 1.5 billion car tires discarded every year.1
Fourteen states implemented sales tax holidaysĀ for the back-to-school season this year toĀ help out parents and teachers shopping for supplies.
A federal judgeĀ struck downĀ portions of Texasā 2021 omnibus voter suppression law,Ā Senate Bill 1,Ā for violating theĀ Materiality Provision of the Civil Rights Act. (Missed this one last week).
Taylor Swift has been donating money toĀ local food banksĀ near her tour stops and raising awareness about food insecurity. A wave of donations has followed.
American companies have investedĀ upward of $100 billionĀ in the solar power sector over the past year, with 51 factories in the works or currently expanding.
Louisiana officialsĀ broke ground on the first step of a $50 billion master plan to save the stateās disappearing coastline, using funding that comes in part from a settlement related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. This will be one of the largest coastal restoration projects in the country.
Cornell UniversityĀ refusedĀ to renew its contract with Starbucks after labor organizers and student activists protested the coffee chainās anti-union actions.Ā
Because of funding from the IRA, clean energy projects are booming in Texas.
A state Supreme Court judge in NY issued a decision permanently blocking a contentious plan to switch retired city government employees over to a Medicare Advantage plan.
The Uinta Basin Railway plan to direct billions of gallons of Utah crude oil through Colorado has been derailed by a federal judge.2
The Biden administration continued its push toward internet-for-all by 2030, announcing about $667 million in new grants and loans to build more broadband infrastructure in rural parts of the U.S.
President Bidenās reelection campaign announced a 16-week $25 million advertising campaign which will run in several battleground markets, including AZ, MI, NV, PA, and WI. One of the ads targets Hispanic voters and another focuses on Black voters. The ads will focus on the president's economic policies.
A federal judge in GeorgiaĀ has blockedĀ a gender affirming care ban in the state from taking effect.
A federal judge in New YorkĀ rejectedĀ Donald TrumpāsĀ fourthĀ attempt to pause E. Jean Carrollās defamation case against him.
Schools in Little Rock, North Little Rock and Jonesboro, Arkansas say theyāll continue to offer AP African American Studies, despite a last-minute maneuver by the Arkansas Department of Education to defund and discredit the class.
Run For Something hosted their first āUnapologetically Progressiveā event in Arkansas. The event was organized to help young progressives understand how and why to run for office. It was standing room only.
Reproductive rights advocates in Nebraska haveĀ taken their first stepsĀ towards placing a constitutional amendment on next year's ballot to undo the state's new 12-week abortion ban.
Researchers found a new packĀ ofĀ endangered gray wolvesĀ in Californiaās Sequoia National Forest, an āexciting milestone in gray wolf recovery.ā
The Justice DepartmentĀ classifiedĀ the suicide of Jeffrey Smith following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as a death in the line of duty, meaning his wife is eligible for a new federal benefits program.
A Florida school board has lifted restrictions on a childrenās book with a male penguin couple that has been at the center of a lawsuit against the school. Yāall, we sent emails about this!! WOOT!
A Texas court program is putting military veterans on a path of rehabilitation.
Ecuador voted overwhelmingly toĀ halt oil drilling in one of the most biodiverse places on earth. In a separate referendum, they alsoĀ voted to block mining in a biosphere reserve.
A fashionable class that teaches the basics of global warming is all the rage in Paris.
The Department of the Interior announced that it had reinstated Obama-era safety rules for offshore drilling that were created after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, then rolled back by Trump.
India is investing $7 billionĀ in a new initiative toĀ deploy 10,000 electric buses in 169 citiesĀ over the next decade.
A Shaker Heights attorney who donated to ex-President Donald Trumpās campaign was convicted of election fraud for voting twiceāfor Trumpāin the last two general elections. š
Hopeful news in Colorado! Democrat Adam Frisch, who came within 500 votes of unseating Lauren Boebert in 2022, is running again, and heās out-fundraising Boebert by significant amounts. Heās also narrowly beating her in the polls.
Dark Brandon ads appeared on Fox News' homepage on the day of the Republican Debates. His message? āI'm Bringing Roe Back.ā
A new study found that increasing plant diversity in urban green spaces led to a sevenfold increase in the number of insect species.Ā Improving biodiversity is now another proven benefit of urban greening initiatives.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D)Ā promotedĀ Justice Natalie Hudson to chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. Hudson will be the first person of color to ever lead Minnesota's highest court when she takes over in October.
An Iowa courtĀ confirmedĀ that counties can provide election materials ā including registration forms, ballots and more ā in languages other than English, saying that the state's "English-only" law does not apply to elections.
Michigan is targeting conservative states with ads celebrating inclusion and abortion rights.
Civil rights attorney Natasha Merle wasĀ swornĀ in as a U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York.
The global honeybee population is thriving.
Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union fell by nearly 3% in the first quarter of 2023
John Eastmanās State Bar of California profile has been updated with a consumer warning: THIS ATTORNEY HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH A FELONY. š„
The U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday approved the construction of a 704 megawatt wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island, the fourth offshore wind project the agency has greenlighted as the Biden administration targets bringing 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power online by 2030.
A dozen Buffalo, NY shooting witnesses just filed a lawsuit over the trauma theyāve suffered. The lawsuit targets YouTube and Reddit, as well as the retailer who sold the gun, the manufacturer of the shooterās body armor, and the gunman's parents. Good.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced $70 million in funding to support research by historically underrepresented groups in STEM and to diversify leadership in the physical sciences.Ā
The Biden-Harris AdministrationĀ announcedĀ a proposal to designate a 5,617-square-mile area offshore of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties in central California as Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary.Ā
The Department of Commerce and NOAA announced more than $106 million in funding for 16 West Coast and Alaska state and tribal salmon recovery programs and projects under the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund.
New polling shows that voters hate pretty much everything about the GOPās āProject 2025ā dirty energy plan.
After years of opposing similar bills across the country, tech giantĀ Apple has finally extended its supportĀ for a right-to-repair bill moving through the California state legislature.
A cargo ship fitted with giant, rigid British-designed sails has set out on its maiden voyage. The WindWings sails are designed to cut fuel consumption and therefore shipping's carbon footprint.
Officials in Mexico just announced 13 new protected areas across six states ā and more are on the way.Ā Six new national parks and seven āflora and fauna protection areasā cover over 44,000 acres and bring the countryās federally protected areas to 200 total.Ā
Washington State Ferries, the largest operating public ferry system in the U.S., is converting its operation to hybrid-electric power to decarbonize inland waterways transportation.
Pointing to evidence that land managers failed to adequately consider the impacts of a 95,000-acre logging project both to global climate change and an isolated population of grizzly bears in northwest Montana, a federal judge on Thursday halted the Black Ram logging project in the Yaak Valley north of Troy.
Washington D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb is investigating judicial activist Leonard Leo and his network of nonprofit groups.
Steel is getting cleaner!
Under a settlement agreement approved in the U.S. District Court in Maryland, federal agencies must seek better ways to protect the Riceās whale ā a critically endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico ā and other imperiled marine species from harmful oil and gas drilling.
FIFA, the soccer worldās governing body, provisionally suspended Luis Rubiales, president of Spainās soccer federation, after he forcibly kissed the player Jennifer Hermoso after Spainās Womenās World Cup victory last Sunday. Good.
Homophobic hate speech is now punishable by a prison sentence in Brazil, according to a landmark ruling issued by the countryās highest court.
In a huge win for organized labor, the National Labor Relations Board just announced a new framework for determining when companies must bargain with unions without an electionāa policy that supporters said will make union-busting much more difficult. This is a really, really big deal!
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Billy Bragg released a pro-unionization response song in response to the viral country hit (and new conservative anthem) Rich Men North of Richmond. Itās awesome. Thereās some cursing in it, FYI.
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I'm sorry to read that you will be the sole provider in your household. I wish you and the rest of your family the best. Thank-you for this wonderful list of good news.
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