• Tasmania becomes third in the world to reach negative carbon. Earth.org.
• Revolutionary indoor farming method uses 90 percent less water and slashes food waste. The Hill.
• Curbing energy-related air pollutants could save 50,000 US lives, $600B each year: study. The Hill.
• Quantum communication system could detect earthquakes. NewScientist.
• Half a million Kenyans out of extreme poverty. Business Daily.
• New drug could ‘switch off’ genes that trigger deadly brain tumors. Brain Tomorrow.
• World first breakthrough could prevent SIDS. The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network.
• These nanobots can swim around a wound and kill bacteria. Wired.
• Stem cell therapy set for human trials after reversing Parkinson’s in rats. New Atlas.
• Cognitive behavior therapy reduces crime and violence over 10 years: experimental evidence. National Bureau of Economic Research.
• Taking a one-week break from social media improves well-being, depression, and anxiety. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.

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• The poverty rate in Vietnam dropped from 16.8 to 5 percent between 2010 and 2020, and over 10 million people were lifted out of poverty. World Bank.
• There are 1.4 million fewer Canadians living in poverty. Straight.
• A cutting-edge form of urban energy independence could make cities more resilient to blackouts — and greener in the process. Reasons to be Cheerful.
• There has been a nearly 40% decrease in motor vehicle–related deaths among young people between 2000 to 2020. New England Journal of Medicine.
• The Texas university that charges low-income students precisely zero. Reasons to be Cheerful.
• Endangered condors are soaring again over Northern California’s coastal redwoods for the first time in more than a century. NPR.
• More employers offering child care benefits to lower-wage workers. The Hechinger Report.
• California just shy of 100% powered by renewables for first time. Desert Sun.
• To decarbonize the grid, we need extraordinary power storage. This new device gets us closer. Anthropocene.
• A road surface not to be sniffed at: the highway made of used nappies. Positive News.
• US hits a record 20% of electricity from wind and solar in April. electrek.
• This high schooler invented a low-cost, mind-controlled prosthetic arm. Smithsonian Magazine.
• Hawaii Legislature passes bill raising minimum wage to $18. AP News.
• Over 60 million Americans have taxes so simple the IRS could do them automatically. Vox.
• Record number of women appointed to Fortune 500 boards. Axios.
• Smallpox used to kill millions of people every year. Here’s how humans beat it. Vox.

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• When the University of Michigan made a minor change to how it talks about financial aid, enrollment among kids from low-income families surged. Reasons to be Cheerful.
• A new bipartisan act aims to make America get along. Reasons to be Cheerful.
• New Mexico to offer a year of free childcare to most residents. The Washington Post.
• Reading and math skills have improved for students since the 90s. The New York Times.
• Researchers build a portable desalination unit that generates clear, clean drinking water without the need for filters or high-pressure pumps. MIT News.
• Dartford warbler is welcomed back from near-extinction. The Guardian.
• Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions fall to lowest on record. Al Jazeera.
• Plastic-eating enzyme could eliminate billions of tons of landfill waste. UT News.
• The global decline of polio. Our World in Data.
• US pediatricians’ group moves to abandon race-based guidance. AP News.

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• Malaria vaccine reaches more than one million children in Africa. Africanews.
• 10 recent climate policies that could make a difference. The Washington Post.
• Army approves sweeping new parenthood policies. Military.com.
• California advances bill to improve air quality in country’s top polluted region. The Hill.
• Study shows ‘procedural justice’ police training led to better interactions with residents, fewer arrests, and a reduction in crime. CommonWealth.
• Harvard will establish a $100 million fund to actively address the impacts of slavery that it benefitted from in its earliest years. NBC News.
• The brain-reading devices helping paralyzed people to move, talk and touch. Nature.
• For kids with Down syndrome, a new device offers hope for treating difficult sleep problems. STAT.
• Unbelievably sensitive NACHOS satellite is ready to save lives by providing an early warning system for volcanoes. Freethink.
• YouTube algorithms don’t turn unsuspecting masses into extremists, new study suggests. Reason.
• Since the Kansas City nonprofit started planting gardens and orchards in 2013, its footprint has expanded to more than 330 orchards in 10 cities. The Kansas City Beacon.
• A simple chemical twist turns plastic waste into a carbon-soaking sponge. Anthropocene.
• Federal buildings agency cuts emissions 51% since 2008. Axios.
• Fewest Americans collecting jobless aid since 1970. AP News
• There are 1.4 million fewer Canadians living in poverty. Straight.
• Bangladesh’s poverty declines to 11.9%. The Daily Star.
• Humans destroyed forests for thousands of years – we can become the first generation that achieves a world in which forests expand. Our World in Data.
• 10 practical ways to improve happiness. The Atlantic.

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• Abandoned oil and gas wells could be used to generate geothermal energy which would help people who work in oil and gas extraction to transition into clean-energy jobs. Vox.
• Wildflower believed to be extinct for 40 years spotted in Ecuador. The Guardian.
• Multiple sclerosis breakthrough as scientists reverse condition with transplant of immune cells that fight glandular fever. Daily Mail.
• French tech company is building an exoskeleton that helps wheelchair users walk. Euronews.
• These upcoming cancer vaccines may prevent tumors before they appear. Freethink.
• Silencing one gene with CRISPR boosts crop yields by 10%. Freethink.
• Hospital robots are helping combat a wave of nurse burnout. Wired.
• 3D printing saved this Brazilian town’s coral reef. Grist.
• A community in Austin, Texas is using geothermal energy to cut home energy bills to just $1 per month. Big Think.
• Biden student loan pause could give 7 million borrowers a higher credit score. The Wall Street Journal.

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• Sweden sends just 1% of its trash to landfills. Reasons to be Cheerful.
• How a homeless shelter in a school paid off in the classroom. Reasons to be Cheerful.
• This startup designed an electric cargo ship to cross the ocean. Fast Company.
• Argentina’s new genetically engineered, drought-tolerant wheat could have large environmental benefits. The Breakthrough Institute.
• Largest double-sided solar farm in Europe opens in Greece, supplying power to 75,000 households. Euronews.
• Researchers have rejuvenated a 53-year-old woman’s skin cells so they are the equivalent of a 23-year-old’s. BBC.
• World’s largest bee, thought to be extinct, found in Indonesia. Freethink.
• Advocates back new federal legislation to end homelessness across the country. The Progressive.
• New blood test predicts risk of heart attack and stroke with twice previous accuracy. The Guardian.
• New UV light safely kills 98% of airborne pathogens indoors. Freethink.
• Disney creating over a thousand affordable housing units in Central Florida. The Hill.
• Community land trusts are making housing affordable because it’s owned by the community. Goodgoodgood.
• Medical drones in Rwanda deliver blood faster than by road, and there’s been a 67% decrease in blood product expiration. The Lancet.
• Instead of a wall, the cities of Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico are building a binational park on the border for citizens of both countries to share. Dezeen.
• Massachusetts, which now has its lowest incarceration rate in 35 years, is closing its oldest prison. WBUR.
• Indonesia passes landmark bill to tackle sexual violence. Al Jazeera.
• India’s maternal mortality rates are in decline. The Telegraph.
• India has almost wiped out extreme poverty. Hindustan Times.
• Wind power has become the main source of electricity generation in Spain. Tech Xplore.
• By 1952, Svalbard’s walruses were nearly gone, due to more than 300 years of ivory hunting. The latest study, in 2018, put that number at 5,503. Smithsonian.
• Fishing net deaths of endangered sea lions drastically reduced in South Australia. ABC.

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• In 2021, clean electricity sources generated more of the world’s electricity than coal. Ember.
• New Jersey’s last coal plants to close, saving customers as much as $30 million. Bloomberg.
• Despite the $4.3 million that Amazon spent on anti-union consultants in 2021, workers at a Staten Island Amazon warehouse successfully voted in a union. CNBC.
• Guinea worm has nearly been eradicated. Cases have dropped from 3.5 million in 1986 to just 15 cases in 2021. The National.
• The most accessible tuition-free college plan just became law in New Mexico. Jezebel.
• House passes bill to limit cost of insulin to $35 a month. The New York Times.
• The World Happiness Report says we became kinder and more generous last year. Giving, volunteering, and helping strangers were all up 25%. The Nonlinear Life.

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