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🗞️ Good News: Playgrounds mitigate climate change
Tuesday, August 18, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... ❤️ Tributes from co-stars and peers in the industry poured in for Hayden Panettiere, who died on Sunday at age 36. 🇦🇺 In a “world-first” deal and a milestone for gig economy workers, Uber Eats and Doordash delivery drivers in Australia will earn a minimum wage, at least $31.30 an hour. 🇱🇧 Lebanon’s parliament voted to abolish the death penalty, and if it goes on to be approved by...
🗞️ Good News: A tiger’s triumphant return
Monday, August 17, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🥡 The European Union’s new packaging regulations are now in effect, setting EU-wide limits on “forever chemicals” in food-contact packaging. 🌳 Protesters are staging a “tree sit” in a tiny Arizona town to protect a 200-year-old tree from being cut down by the federal government for a border wall. Animals Courtesy of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Kazakhstan...
🗞️ Good News: Volunteers preserve national park history
Friday, August 14, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🇨🇦 Canada ended sperm donor restrictions for gay and bisexual men, a “precedent-setting” move toward “ending decades-long discrimination.” 🎟️ New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a plan to give 2,000 free Broadway tickets to high school students in the city, joking that it was “justice for the theater kids who have watched City Hall roll out lotteries for major sporting...
🗞️ Good News: Hydrogen goes fast and furious
Thursday, August 13, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🗳️ For the second time, a federal judge barred the Trump administration from implementing an executive order that would have limited mail voting. 🏳️⚧️ The Trump administration abandoned its effort to obtain sensitive medical records from transgender young people who received gender-affirming care at a Pennsylvania hospital. technology Douglas C. Pizac/P Photo The only person to...
🗞️ Good News: The first ‘nature library’ is now open
Wednesday, August 12, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🇨🇴 GoFundMe created a hub of verified local fundraisers to help people impacted by the earthquake in Colombia, which has tragically left 181 people dead and thousands more injured and missing. 🚇 New York City launched a study to potentially create the country’s first transit thermal network that would both cool subway platforms and reuse excess heat to warm nearby city buildings...
🗞️ Good News: Global solar passes three trillion watts
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🧊 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it expects every officer and agent in the field to be equipped with a body camera by the end of August. 🇫🇷 Starting this week, France is banning unsolicited telemarketing calls after years of complaints. 📱 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced she is going to freeze her eggs and will be sharing the process online to raise awareness...
🗞️ Good News: Baltimore makes 911 a helpful hotline
Monday, August 10, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 😎 A “satirical jab” at Meta’s AI-powered sunglasses, Duck Duck Go made “Normal F***ing Sunglasses” that do absolutely nothing, and they sold out. 🌵 Arizona erased more than $1 billion in medical debt for nearly 671,000 residents through Undue Medical Debt. The initiative specifically targeted people who owed at least 5% of their annual income in medical bills or earned at or below...
🗞️ Good News: Local bootmaker gives firefighters free gear
Friday, August 7, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 💉 The U.S. approved the first-ever mRNA vaccine for the flu. Made by Moderna and intended for older adults, it uses the same technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. 🏳️⚧️ Michigan nominated Joanna Whaley, a former megachurch pastor who endured years of conversion practices, to become the first transgender member of the state legislature. Businesses doing good JK...
🗞️ Good News: Basketball courts are a climate solution
Thursday, August 6, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 🍎 The first 2,000 children were officially enrolled in New York City’s inaugural free 2-K class. 📰 Amid growing public backlash, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a moratorium on data center approvals until audits are completed by state regulatory agencies. 🤖 More than 1,000 employees at the biggest AI companies wrote an open letter urging the U.S. government to slow the pace of AI...
🗞️ Good News: Leo DiCaprio wants to save 100 species
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good. In the headlines... 💸 GoFundMe created a hub to help people affected by the wildfires in Spokane, Washington, which have forced more than 65,000 people to evacuate. 🔥 All 14 people who were unaccounted for in the Spokane fires have officially been located, and there have been zero deaths so far. 🇺🇸 New Jersey announced that it has effectively eliminated veteran homelessness through rapid rehousing,...
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