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A new analysis found that, under the leadership of 🇧🇷 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at least 20,000 square kilometers of #deforestation have been prevented in the Amazon.

The number of people living in extreme poverty has declined dramatically over the last 200 yrs Sometimes the very best progress in the world happens slowly and steadily. Just 2 centuries ago, more than 80% of the world lived in extreme poverty. Today, it’s under 9%.

Savannah, Georgia turned 160,000 cubic yards of mud into a rare bird habitat. Shorebird populations have experienced shrinking habitats due to sea levels, storm surge, and coastal erosion.

An aircraft flew across a continent with nobody actually flying it. 99 years after Charles Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, a converted Cessna Caravan has flown itself across North America, handling its own taxiing, take-offs, navigation and landings over a 4,988 km (3,100 miles) route.

🇨🇳 China’s #clean-air campaign has cut Beijing’s smog by 70% in a decade, and cut heavily polluted days from 58 a year to just one. The effort has prevented an estimated 680,000 premature deaths since 2020 and generated $715 billion in cumulative health benefits.

Migrants sent almost twice as much money home last year as they did a decade ago. A record $729 billion in #remittances was sent to poorer countries in 2025, more than foreign aid and foreign direct investment combined. Roughly 220 million people abroad now support 1.1 billion relatives at home.

🇨🇳 China has finished phasing out #ozone-depleting HCFCs from its solvent industry. It’s the last stage of a project running since 2016 that forced 53 enterprises to move to substitutes. A nationwide ban on #HCFCs in cleaning agents took effect on 1 July 2026.

🇷🇼 Rwanda has connected 85.4% of households to #electricity, up from 64.5% five years ago, according to the state minister Armand Zingiro at a recent energy conference. The country is targeting universal access by 2029.

🇳🇴 Norway has created its largest #marine protected area, covering 1,848 km² of coral reefs, sponge gardens and fish nurseries. It lifts formally protected waters from 4.8% to 6% of Norway’s territory.

The UN's sexual and reproductive health agency ( #UNFPA) has helped deliver 41.7 million safer births since 2008. They reached an estimated 4.7M women across 44 countries in 2025 alone, training almost 900,000 midwives along the way. Maternal deaths in those countries have fallen 37% since 2010.

Global meningitis is in retreat. #Meningitis is one of the top 10 infectious killers worldwide, causing an estimated 259K deaths in 2023. The biggest gains have come in Africa where countries like 🇸🇩 Sudan and 🇷🇼Rwanda have cut death rates by more than 80% through wider vaccination.

🇩🇪 Germany just became the third major economy to commit to phasing out #FossilFuels entirely Europe’s largest economy, Germany followed 🇫🇷 France and the 🇳🇱Netherlands in laying out a solid plan for phasing out the use of fossil fuels, targeting a full phase-out by 2045.

Bristol just became the first city in 🇬🇧 England to ban Black Friday advertisements on city-owned billboards. The regulation is designed to cut down on “excessive consumption” related to fast fashion, mass markdowns, and influencer promotions.

A 17-year-old created new AI-enabled glasses that act as a “virtual guide dog” for people with #vision loss. The White House honored Alexander Du for her invention, which was inspired by her grandmother’s struggle with blindness.

As a result of the latest surge in fossil fuel prices, a new analysis found it is up to nine times cheaper to drive an electric vehicle than a petrol or diesel car in the 🇬🇧 UK.

🇺🇸 A Massachusetts school district debuted its #electric bus fleet beneath a #solar canopy. A 625-kilowatt DC solar canopy is now fully operating above the parking area where the buses will be stored, and the school estimates it will deliver about $2.33 million in savings over 25 years.

A new report found that #Alzheimer’s is starting to be considered a treatable and preventable condition. The World Alzheimer Report 2026 from Alzheimer’s Disease International says that despite years of slow progress, clinical trials are now on the brink of diagnostic and medical breakthroughs.

📱 A New Mexico jury found Facebook liable for 43 million violations of state consumer protection law, and it could owe $200 billion in penalties.

The Revolution Wind project just installed its 65th and final #wind turbine. Once fully running, it could power around 350,000 homes with clean energy. That's a big step forward.

🇨🇭 Switzerland just made history, becoming the first country to ban both imports and sales of fur. Last year, it banned fur imports, but just went a step further to also ban the sale of fur products within its borders, setting a precedent for other countries to follow.

🇦🇺 Australia just hit a pretty cool milestone! ☀️ #Solar and #wind powered over 80% of the country’s electricity demand at one point over the weekend. It comes to show how clean energy is becoming a bigger part of everyday life.

Child mortality has declined in every region in the world. In 1950, globally nearly one in every four children died before their fifth birthday. In Africa, it was one in three. Since then, child mortality rates have declined in every part of the world.

@markcarey93.bsky.social A university in 🇨🇦 Canada removed all tuition fees for #Indigenous language courses. The waiver, approved unanimously by Brandon University’s board of governors, covers courses in any of the 7 Indigenous languages recognized under Manitoba’s Aboriginal Languages Act.

The world’s first enhanced #geothermal power plant was just completed in under two years. The first third of what will soon become a 100-megawatt power plant just came online, providing a viable option where quick, clean new energy sources are needed.

🇺🇸 Six Flags Magic Mountain just finished installing a new 12.4 MW #solar installation above its parking lot, officially California’s largest solar carport. It’s expected to generate enough electricity each year to offset both the amusement park and neighboring Hurricane Harbor Los Angeles.

Schemes that pay to leave forests alone are lifting incomes in 🇻🇳 Vietnam’s Annamite mountains. A study of 120 families in Quang Nam and Thua Thien provinces found households inside two biodiversity corridors, created in 2018 and covering nearly 2,000 km2, earned 25% more per year.

🇮🇸 Iceland is also moving to end commercial whaling for good. The government will submit a bill next February rewriting the 1949 whaling law to ban the practice permanently, backed by a governing majority likely to pass it. 🐋

🇮🇳 For the first time in over 50 years, India’s coal power has stopped growing. #CleanEnergy is now keeping up with rising electricity demand. #Emissions are still going up, but this is a big step toward a cleaner future.

🇰🇭 Cambodia has cleared 750 sq km of landmines in 6 months. The country’s mine action authority cleared a huge swathe of contaminated land between January and June 2026, destroying over 20,000 landmines and items of unexploded ordnance, part of a decades-long push to return farmland to families.

In 1992, 🇨🇦Canada declared a strict moratorium on Northern cod fishing. 30K jobs were lost almost overnight, devastating Newfoundland's economy. This year the government upgraded the stock's status from ‘critical’ to ‘healthy,’ with Fisheries and Oceans Canada raising the annual quota to 59K tonnes

🇭🇺 Hungary’s new government promises to scrap the ban on #same-sex-adoption. The country’s prime minister, Péter Magyar, recently promised “we can state unequivocally that we will change this system.” The European Court of Justice ruled the restriction unlawful under EU law in April 2026.

🇺🇸 The NYPD counted 195 shooting incidents and 66 murders between June and August 2026, both the lowest ever recorded, part of an eight-month stretch of historic lows in which major crime is down 6.2%.

🎶 Pedal Power A fun music #video to get you excited about the benefits of #cycling #ClimateAction #airquality #health #wellbeing #ClimateChange #EndFossilFuels PL RP🩷💚💙Thank you! Enjoy! 🎶

Activists in 🇵🇱 Poland launched an #abortion pill locker to bypass a near-total ban. “AbortOmat” in Warsaw is offering a new way to challenge the country’s restrictions and allow women swift, anonymous access to reproductive health care.

Here’s an interesting twist: global carbon #emissions could actually fall in 2026. Higher #oil and #gas prices are pushing countries to use less fossil fuel and look harder at alternatives. It comes to show how quickly energy habits can change. ⚡

#Solar power has gotten ridiculously cheap. Panels that cost $5–6 per watt 26 years ago are now around 12 cents. ☀️ It’s wild to think that something once so expensive is becoming one of the cheapest ways to make electricity.

A cash-for-photos program in 🇮🇩 Indonesia is encouraging poachers to take on new roles as #wildlife photographers. The KehatiKu project aims to reduce poaching by paying individuals in nine participating villages in West Kalimantan province for animal photos and recordings.

Philadelphia-area schools are installing #solar energy systems to save on energy bills. It’s part of a state grant program that has awarded grants to 85 schools across the state, including 10 in Philadelphia, covering up to 75% of the solar project costs, or up to $900,000.

Demonstrating the critical work of coexistence, 🇳🇵 Nepal’s wild tiger population has tripled. The new estimate, now 429 tigers up from 121 tigers in 2010, follows decades of sustained, collaborative conservation efforts and represents one of the world’s most significant endangered species recoveries.

New sensors are preventing high-speed trains from hitting elephants crossing railroads in Sri Lanka. The sensors are installed along the railway line rather than mounted to the top of the trains. They detect ground vibrations and capture the sound of approaching animals to slow trains down.

Here’s a twist: more than 70% of 🇺🇸 America’s new #solar power is being built in states that voted for Trump. Turns out cheap, fast energy can cross political lines. ⚡

#Homicides are down 51% in 🇲🇽 Mexico since President Sheinbaum took office in September 2024. In July, there was an average of 42.5 homicides per day, representing the lowest monthly average in nearly two years. It was also the least-violent July in more than a decade.

One energy source that performed better than normal this past summer in 🇪🇺 Europe was #solar power. When combined with batteries, it covered the rise in electricity used by air conditioning units amid the historically hot weather.

🔋 Under a new law, Massachusetts will require data centers larger than 25 megawatts of peak demand to supply their own power and guarantee that it adheres to the state’s clean energy requirements.

99.9% of materials from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland’s first #wind farm have been recycled or reused. Most of it happened within 30 miles of the site of the wind farm. A report found that 79.5% of the materials were recycled into polymers for construction materials and 20.4% were reused.

Thanks to abundant sunshine and smart policy, New Mexico’s electricity prices are some of the lowest in the 🇺🇸 US. The Public Service Company of New Mexico, or PNM, said it delivered 80% carbon-free electricity in 2025 after investing in #solar energy, #batteries and #wind.