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🗞️ Good News: Global vaccine campaign reaches major milestone

Thursday, April 30, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🎟️ Ticketmaster Canada will now ban fans from reselling tickets above the original price. 🛒 Maryland became the first state in the U.S. to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores. 🧠 Mental Health Awareness Month starts tomorrow! This month is all about celebrating, honoring, and de-stigmatizing the stories of mental health in your life and community. Global health...
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🗞️ Good News: Amsterdam bans fossil fuel, meat ads

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 👏 After nationwide backlash, a Republican-led bill that would have weakened endangered and threatened species protections was removed from the House floor. ☀️ A federal judge in Massachusetts struck down several Trump administration actions intended to slow down the development of clean energy. Governments doing good World Without Fossil Ads Defying last-minute lobbying,...
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🗞️ Good News: French city cuts pollution to bring back seagrass

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🚬 The U.K. government is set to pass a law that would, among other things, make it illegal to sell tobacco, herbal smoking products, or cigarette paper to anyone born after 2009, in an effort to create a “smoke-free” generation. 🏈 The No. 1 pick in this year’s NFL draft, Fernando Mendoza, announced a $500,000 donation to support MS research and created a foundation, the Mendoza...
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🗞️ Good News: ‘Miracle tree’ removes 98% of microplastics

Monday, April 27, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🎂 Today is Coretta Scott King’s birthday, and while she’s often remembered as a devoted wife and mother, she was also a committed activist in her own right long before she met and married Martin Luther King Jr., and long after his death. 🏆 The Peabody Award winners were announced last week, honoring storytelling that reflects “the social issues and the emerging voices of our day.”...
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🗞️ Good News: Disney re-animates songs in ASL

Friday, April 24, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 📚 Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day! This annual celebration is an opportunity to celebrate and support independent bookshops across the United States — here are 7 ways to celebrate this weekend. 🌏 Next week, more than 50 nations are attending a world-first conference on phasing out fossil fuels in Colombia. 🐘 Asian elephant calf Linh Mai made her public debut at the...
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🗞️ Good News: Renewables beat natural gas in U.S. first

Thursday, April 23, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 📰 Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed the “Right to Contraception” act, a bill that had been vetoed twice during the previous administration. 🤖 Maine became the first U.S. state to pass a moratorium on new large data centers, and it now awaits the governor’s signature, who has not said whether or not she will sign it. ✏️ Los Angeles became the first major school district to...
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🌍 Good News on Earth Day: Community-led climate solutions reach millions

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🌎 Today is Earth Day! This is our annual opportunity to raise awareness and advocate for change around the issues most impacting our planet — and celebrate the beauty of Mother Earth. We collected some of the best ways to meaningfully celebrate today. 🦍 In a never-before-seen interview released for Earth Day, Dr. Jane Goodall talked to environmentalist Dax Dasilva about the...
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🗞️ Good News: A new nature library to ‘check out’ the outdoors

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 💸 Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed legislation to gradually raise Virginia’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2028. 🛝 Austin, Texas’ Parks Foundation and Parks Department announced the development of the city’s first-ever All Abilities Playground, including children with disabilities and special needs. Organizations doing good Courtesy of Grasslands PR A new $43 million ‘nature...
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🗞️ Good News: Former coal mines become massive lake landscape

Monday, April 20, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 📚 This week is National Library Week! This year’s theme is “Find Your Joy,” and its honorary chair is, appropriately, Mychal Threets, a Bay Area librarian known for his joyful approach to reading and social inclusion. 🐻 A federal judge struck down Trump administration regulations that sought to weaken the Endangered Species Act. 🧊 Another judge ruled that the Trump Administration...
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🗞️ Good News: New list calculates ‘True Net Worth’

Friday, April 17, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... ✝️ During a speech in Cameroon, Pope Leo criticized those who manipulate religion “for their own military, economic or political gain.” 🏳️⚧️ The Montana Supreme Court blocked the state’s anti-trans ID policy, ruling that anti-trans discrimination is “by its very nature, sex discrimination.” 🏙️ New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a pied-à-terre tax that puts an annual...

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