Good News Headlines 1/31/17
Humans Almost Drove These 6 Animals To Extinction. But We Saved Them Instead.
by Dominique Mosbergen, The Huffington Post
These conservation success stories remind us that the mass extinction of the world’s species doesn’t have to be inevitable… Read More
Irish Lawmakers Vote To Divest From Fossil Fuels
by Megan Darby, Climate Change News
The bill, brought by independent representative Thomas Pringle, is expected to pass into law in the next few months after consideration by the finance committee… Read More
Costco Pushes Suppliers Away From Pesticides Harmful To Bees
by Jill Ettinger, Organic Authority
Costco, the popular wholesale membership market with nearly 500 U.S. locations and more than 700 stores worldwide, has announced that it is enforcing a bee-friendly policy requiring suppliers to stop using pesticides linked to bee deaths on plants sold in Costco stores… Read More
Disposable Plastics Outlawed In One Of The World’s Most Populous Regions
by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
On January 1st, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) enacted a ban on one-time use items such as plastic grocery bags and cups for the region's 54 million inhabitants, the world's second largest urban agglomeration… Read More
Roxane Gay Pulls Forthcoming Book From Publisher In Response To Bigot Milo Yiannopoulos’ Book Deal
by The Frisky/Alternet
Bad Feminist author Roxane Gay is playing no games with white supremacists like Milo Yiannopoulos. Gay made the decision to pull her forthcoming book How to Be Heard from Ted Book, a Simon & Schuster imprint, following the news that the publisher signed Yiannopoulos to a $250,000 book deal… Read More
NASA Launches Unofficial Twitter Account In Defiance Of Donald Trump
by Bill Palmer, Palmer Report
Because the identities of the NASA employees running @RogueNASA Twitter account are unknown, there is no way for Donald Trump to discipline them or fire them over it… Read More
Animal Welfare Prioritized By United Nations Committee
by Brian Frederick, Food Tank
The recommendations include enabling access to veterinary services, improving animal health management, promoting the prudent and responsible use of antimicrobials—including the phasing out of use of antibiotics for animal growth promotion—delivering on the five freedoms and related OIE standards, and promoting access to good quality feed… Read More
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