• In the US, mass shootings dropped 24 percent in 2024 and gun deaths dropped 12 percent. The Trace.
• Florida high schooler invents accessible tech that alerts visually impaired users to oncoming obstacles. Good Good Good.
• Wind overtakes gas as the UK’s largest source of electricity in 2024. The Progress Playbook.
• All of Chicago’s city buildings now run entirely on clean power. The Progress Playbook.
• Six highlights of the global energy transition in 2024. Ember.
• Tuberculosis rates dropped by more than 50% when Brazilian families living in poverty got a monthly cash payout. NPR.
• Kazakhstan’s snow leopard population reaches near-historic levels. The Times of Central Asia.

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