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Californians now have an easier way to save money and adopt clean energy systems on their apartments, condos, and homes: the Plug and Play Solar Act was signed into law earlier this month, making it the 10th state to legalize plug-in, or “balcony” solar panels.

While the U.S. is a long way off from reaching equal representation in government, progress continues to be made: In the 2026 midterms, a record 3,824 women are running for state legislature seats.

Juno, Lincoln, and Uni Sushi are rewarded for their tricks on the “court” with fresh seafood.

To make the outdoors more accessible for blind and visually impaired people, Wisconsin just opened its first official “braille trail” featuring braille signs, audio guides, and white canes available for guests to borrow.

Amid a rise in “seller slop” on Etsy — like AI-generated crochet patterns that “don’t make sense and definitely don’t match what the finished product should be” — the platform just unveiled new restrictions on AI-generated content.

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The fundraiser set an ambitious goal for its seventh year.

Over 600 US households have raised $1.2M for cancer research with Halloween displays. This year, they want to break $2M — The fundraiser set an ambitious goal for its seventh year. → https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/halloween-2026-skeletons-for-st-jude-cancer

👏 A historic win for paid parental leave: Nurses in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania led the fight to secure the nation’s first-ever countywide 12-week paid parental leave policy.

After watching parents return to work while their babies were still in intensive care, Pittsburgh nurses gained a historic win for paid parental leave.

Tribal nations across the country are trying to restore culturally important species, like the Arctic grayling, while grappling with climate change.

The U.S. has a new national park. Chiricahua National Park has officially become the country’s 64th national park after years of bipartisan effort.

Georgia isn’t the only one setting early voting records — the five most populous counties in Texas saw record turnout on the first day of early voting on Monday, October 19.

Good thing the WNBA moved Atlanta’s Finals games to a larger arena — because fans just reportedly sold out the 17,000-seat State Farm Arena for Game 3.

Good thing the WNBA moved Atlanta’s Finals games to a larger arena — because fans just sold out the 17,000-seat State Farm Arena for Game 3.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the city is adding 10,000 more seats to its free 2-K program next school year — expanding to every borough and reaching 22 of the city’s 32 school districts, including all of the Bronx and Staten Island.

A stretch of highway in Colorado used to see an animal-vehicle collision about once a day — in the past 10 months, thanks to a massive wildlife crossing, there have been just two total.

Since 2019, the Rainforest Partnership has funded essential research missions in Peru.

When an accident in the lab becomes a breakthrough discovery: Stanford scientists just discovered that bleached coral, when touched with a healthy coral from the same colony for just a few days, can make a full recovery in just seven weeks.

MapQuest just debuted its new “Surveillance Layer” feature that lets users see where “known license plate readers” from companies like Flock Safety are located on their driving route.

Researchers discover five new frog species in one of the most biologically diverse regions on the planet — Since 2019, the Rainforest Partnership has funded essential research missions in Peru. → https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/new-species-frog-peruvian-amazon-venegas

Injured birds have seen success with similar prosthetics in the past, but this marks the first replacement of a bird's upper and lower beaks.

Georgians aren’t messing around with their right to vote. On day one of early voting last week, they “shattered” previous midterm early voting turnout, with more than 188,000 people casting their ballot — just on day one. That’s about 50,000 more than day one of early voting in 2022.

Scotland’s oldest wind farm recently decommissioned 26 of its original turbines — and recycled or reused nearly 100% the materials. The achievement, analyzed in a new report put to rest a common point of fearmongering around the clean energy technology: that it’s too wasteful.

One positive upshot of the COVID pandemic.

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Today, roughly 36% of American workers do at least some of their work from home.

The sustainable shellfish cleans the water as it feeds and breathes.

New study finds remote work brought teams closer, not further apart — Today, roughly 36% of American workers do at least some of their work from home. → https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/new-study-remote-work-better-colleagues

70% of North America's mussels are threatened or endangered. Scientists just uncovered five new species in plain sight — The sustainable shellfish cleans the water as it feeds and breathes. → https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/new-species-mussels-seafood-shellfish-endangered

In the last two year, local watermen of Maryland and Virginia have drudged up roughly 24,000 abandoned fishing traps.

A Maryland family spent decades restoring their 116-acre hunting farm into a native plant and wildlife haven — and now, their hard work has been officially protected forever under a conservation easement through the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy.

Planet Wild joined WWT in transforming Bristol into a “wetland city.”

Nearly 50 crime scholars convened recently to analyze the reasons for the dropping rates.

Climate activists launched floating gardens in British harbor: 'We built a wildlife corridor in a city' — Planet Wild joined WWT in transforming Bristol into a “wetland city.” → https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/bristol-harbour-england-floating-wetlands

Homicide rates dropped across the US. Experts say community-led intervention programs helped aid the decline — Nearly 50 crime scholars convened recently to analyze the reasons for the dropping rates. → https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/national-homicide-rates-drop-explained