• Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the month of May 2026 totaled 5.0 billion tons CO₂e. This represents a decrease of 0.1% vs. May 2025. Climate Trace.
• 67,000 people are lifted out of extreme poverty in India every day. The Progress Network.
• FDA approves Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine, which causes 27% fewer flu cases. AP.
• Since 2010, new HIV infections have fallen by 42% and AIDS-related deaths by 57%. WHO.
• First same-sex civil marriage in Bolivia. DW.
• New Mexico flipped the state’s electricity supply from majority fossil fuels to majority renewables in just five years. And electricity prices remained cheaper than average. Yale Climate Connections.
• Americans use less energy than fifty years ago. Visual Capitalist.
• Tigers in India have more than doubled since 1972. Mongabay.

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