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Take a break from the day with positive news stories.
In Australian Conservation: A father and daughter team constructed 1,000 bee hotels in a study that showed they can help native pollinators recover from climate-fueled wildfires
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Bee Hotels Can Help Native Pollinators Recover in the Wake of Climate-Fueled Wildfires: Study - EcoWatch
Bee hotels can play an essential role in helping native bee populations recover from wildfires, new research has found.
https://www.ecowatch.com/bee-hotels-wildfire-recovery.html
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Good News In Conservation: Black rhinos continue to rise! In August 2025, the latest population estimates for all five species were published, showing a welcome increase for black rhinos in Africa.
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World Rhino Day 2025 | Latest Progress | Save the Rhino
For World Rhino Day 2025, we're looking back to look ahead. The future of rhinos depends on us, and we will make a difference.
https://www.savetherhino.org/africa/world-rhino-day-2025-progress-challenges-and-the-road-ahead/
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In Health Advancements: Huntington's Disease has been successfully treated for the first time! (BBC)
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Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
https://bbc.com/news/articles/cevz13xkxpro
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In Disease Prevention: CDC report finds HPV vaccine is preventing U.S. women from getting cervical cancer, adding to evidence
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CDC report finds HPV vaccine is preventing U.S. women from getting cervical cancer, adding to evidence
From 2008 to 2022, rates for precancerous lesions decreased about 80 percent among 20- to 24-year-old women who were screened for cervical cancer.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/cdc-report-finds-hpv-vaccine-is-preventing-u-s-women-from-getting-cervical-cancer-adding-to-evidence
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9 countries said goodbye to a devastating disease in 2024: Cape Verde and Egypt became malaria-free. Brazil and Timor Leste eliminated lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis). Jordan became the first country to ever be certified as leprosy-free, & more...
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9 countries said goodbye to a devastating disease in 2024
Nine countries eliminated a disease in 2024. Here's how Pakistan pulled it off â fulfilling a young boy's dream of eliminating blindness caused by bacterial infections.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/12/30/g-s1-39336/disease-eliminate-blindness-leprosy-sleeping-sickness
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Blast from the Past: Smallpox Eradicated May 8th, 1980 The declaration marked the end of a disease that had plagued humanity for at least 3,000 years, killing 300 million people in the 20th century alone.
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Commemorating Smallpox Eradication â a legacy of hope, for COVID-19 and other diseases
On 8 May 1980, the 33rd World Health Assembly officially declared: âThe world and all its peoples have won freedom from smallpox.â The declaration marked the end of a disease that had plagued humanity...
https://www.who.int/news/item/08-05-2020-commemorating-smallpox-eradication-a-legacy-of-hope-for-covid-19-and-other-diseases
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In Energy Production: Solar power surpassed coal as a source of electricity in the European Union (EU) for the first time in 2024, according to a report released on Thursday by climate think tank Ember.
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Solar power surpasses coal as EU energy source â DW â 01/23/2025
Europe's transition to renewable energy comes at a time when US President Donald Trump, upon inauguration, pulled out of the Paris Agreement aiming to pursue a "drill, baby, drill" energy policy.
https://www.dw.com/en/eu-solar-energy-surpasses-coal-for-first-time/a-71377771
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Protecting rare cold-water corals: (2024) Fisheries and Oceans Canada closes the first and only known live coral reef in Pacific Canada to all commercial and recreational bottom-contact fisheries.
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada closes the first and only known live coral reef in Pacific Canada to all commercial and recreational bottom-contact fisheries - Canada.ca
Vancouver, B.C. â Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), is taking measures to protect the unique and highly sensitive Lophelia Reefâalso known by its Wakashan name qÌĂĄucÌĂwĂsuxvâby closing all commercial...
https://www.canada.ca/en/fisheries-oceans/news/2024/03/fisheries-and-oceans-canada-closes-the-first-and-only-known-live-coral-reef-in-pacific-canada-to-all-commercial-and-recreational-bottom-contact-fis.html
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In Conservation (2024): Mexican Wolf Population Grows for Eighth Consecutive Year
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Mexican Wolf Population Grows for Eighth Consecutive Year | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
The wild population of Mexican wolves saw another year of growth in 2023, according to the results of the annual survey. The 2023 population census revealed a minimum of 257 Mexican wolves distributed...
https://www.fws.gov/press-release/2024-03/mexican-wolf-population-grows-eighth-consecutive-year
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Accomplishments and Successes of Reducing Air Pollution from Transportation in the United States
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Accomplishments and Successes of Reducing Air Pollution from Transportation in the United States | US EPA
For a history of how air pollution from transportation in the US has been reduced.
https://www.epa.gov/transportation-air-pollution-and-climate-change/accomplishments-and-successes-reducing-air
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Lifesaving Medicine: WHO, St. Jude launch groundbreaking international delivery of childhood cancer medicines
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WHO, St. Jude launch groundbreaking international delivery of childhood cancer medicines
WHO and St. Jude Childrenâs Research Hospital have commenced distribution of critically needed childhood cancer medicines in 3 of 6 pilot countries, through the Global Platform for Access to Childhood...
https://www.who.int/news/item/11-02-2025-who-st.-jude-launch-groundbreaking-international-delivery-of--childhood-cancer-medicines
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What's been done can be done again. IFAW: Because of you, 2024 was a life-changing year for animals.
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Because of you, 2024 was a life-changing year for animals
YouTube video by ifaw
https://youtu.be/9TTa03PSk8Q?feature=shared
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Feel like doing some good for someone today? Like saving their life? Consider donating live-giving blood, plasma or platelets. Or join the bone marrow donation registry (
www.nmdp.org/get-involved...
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Blood donors report feeling a sense of great satisfaction after making their blood donation. Why? Because helping others in need just feels good. Donate blood today to help those in need.
https://www.redcrossblood.org/
9 months ago
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When times get hard and you grow tired, lean on each other. You're probably surrounded by others who are feeling just like you. Let them know you're there, that you hear them, and they're not alone either.
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NOAA Satellites Helped Save 350 Lives in 2023 âïž "NOAAâs partnerships with the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Air Force, NASA and others around the world are the foundation of SARSATâs long success.â
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NOAA satellites helped save 350 lives in 2023
NOAAâs satellites, known for their pivotal role in tracking weather and climate, were behind the rescue of 350 people from harrowing, life-threatening ordeals in the U.S. and its surrounding waters in...
https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-satellites-helped-save-350-lives-in-2023
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Look for the helpers. When Vera and her daughter Tamarah saw the wildfires in Pasadena, they didn't hesitate to lend a hand. âIt doesnât matter if you know the person or not. If there is a fire in Southern California, people come with trucks and trailers,â...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/u...
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âThese animals are essentially family:â Horses, sheep and ducks not forgotten in California wildfires amid rescue efforts | CNN
People in Southern California are risking their own safety to rescue animals, both big and small, from the wildfires that have killed 27 people and displaced even more after thousands of structures we...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/us/animal-rescue-pets-livestock-la-fires/index.html
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The Iberian Lynx, one of worldâs rarest cats, is no longer endangered in Spain and Portugal. "The increase is largely thanks to conservation efforts that have focused on increasing the abundance of its main food source - the also endangered wild rabbit..."
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One of worldâs rarest cats no longer endangered - conservation agency
The Iberian lynx is now classed as "vulnerable" as numbers surge due to conservation efforts.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyxxz51vwz2o
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Climate News: Juan Guillermo GarcĂ©s, once a rancher clearing forests with fire, turned a near-death experience into a lifelong mission to restore Colombiaâs jungles, creating a 3,000-hectare nature reserve that now teems with rare species. (
www.dailyclimate.org
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âI felt death in the flamesâ: how lighting a forest fire inspired one man to transform barren ranches into rainforest
Juan Guillermo GarcĂ©s had a brush with death while burning jungle for cattle pasture â now he runs a nature reserve in Colombia where more than 100 new species have been discovered
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/22/colombia-wildlife-paradise-rancher-turned-reforester-aoe
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Good conservation news! The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the red-cockaded woodpecker has recovered enough to be downlisted from endangered to threatened.
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Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Recovering Under Endangered Species Act
Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTONâ The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the red-cockaded woodpecker has recovered enough to be downlisted from endangered to threatened.
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/red-cockaded-woodpecker-recovering-under-endangered-species-act-2024-10-24/
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Good wildlife news: The National Wildlife Federation and a home developer are building permanent butterfly gardens with native plants to bring back monarch butterfly populations.
www.9news.com/article/life...
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Monarch butterfly garden developers hope to recover declining populations
The National Wildlife Federation and a home developer are building permanent butterfly gardens with native plants to bring back monarch butterfly populations.
https://www.9news.com/article/life/animals/monarch-butterfly-garden-recover-declining-populations/73-42b3b018-dbf2-4102-8166-df40ef126ef2
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Growing Food Instead of Lawns in California Front Yards Front yards transformed to tiny crop farms in Los Angeles provide vegetables to dozens of families and use a fraction of the water needed by grass.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/c...
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Growing Food Instead of Lawns in California Front Yards
Front yards transformed to tiny crop farms in Los Angeles provide vegetables to dozens of families and use a fraction of the water needed by grass.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/climate/microfarms-cropswapla-food-deserts.html
12 months ago
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Good news in health & medicine: A new map of the endometrium opens the door to possible treatments for endometriosis
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A new map of the endometrium opens the door to possible treatments for endometriosis
The research involves advanced molecular biology and artificial intelligence techniques, and is set to deepen understanding of a disease that affects 190 million women and has no cure
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-09-19/a-new-map-of-the-endometrium-opens-the-door-to-possible-treatments-for-endometriosis.html
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