• Human rights are much better protected than they were one or two hundred years ago. Our World in Data.
• Rare Caribbean wildlife species saved from extinction. BBC.
• Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped to its lowest level since March 2018. Mongabay.
• Over the past decades, Nepal is the only developing country in the world that doubled its forest cover to 45 percent. Nepal has further tripled its tiger population to 355 wild cats in the last 15 years. World Bank.
• Solar power’s giants are providing more energy than big oil. Bloomberg.
• Clean-energy investment this year to be twice that of fossil fuels. WSJ.
• 23.9% of all new cars sold in California last quarter were zero-emission vehicles. California Energy Commission.
• Scientists find plastic-eating fungus feasting on Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Futurism.
• Maryland governor pardons over 175,000 low-level marijuana convictions. Reuters.
• The world’s first coal-to-nuclear reactor plant just broke ground in Kemmerer, Wyoming. electrek.
• Gas power output nearly halves in California in one year as batteries steal the show. The Progress Playbook.
• A CRISPR gene-editing therapy for cystic fibrosis has been successful in mice. New Scientist.
• Iberian lynx is no longer endangered. ABC News.
• Sierra Leone bans child marriage. Semafor.

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