Good News Headlines 2/4/20
‘This Is History’: Big Ten University Students Unanimously Pass Resolution Calling On Schools to Divest From Fossil Fuels
by Julia Conley, Common Dreams
The Association of Big Ten Students, which passed the resolution, represents more than 500,000 students and 5.7 million living alumni… Read More
The Guardian Ends Advertising From Fossil Fuel Companies Because Of Climate Change
by Kim Bellware, The Washington Post
The Guardian will no longer accept advertising from oil and gas companies and, in doing so, becomes the first major news organization to divest from industries that extract fossil fuels, company executives announced Wednesday… Read More
Oakland Moms Who Occupied Vacant Property To Highlight Housing Crisis Celebrate Unexpected Victory
from Democracy Now
In Oakland, California, a months-long struggle between a group of unhoused mothers occupying a vacant home and the real estate firm that owned it ended with an unexpected offer to purchase the property earlier this week… Read More
Former Colorado Hotel Converted Into Affordable Housing For Homeless
by Alayna Alvarez, The Gazette
Fusion Studios, formerly a Quality Inn & Suites, will this month begin filling 139 microapartments for individuals and couples who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness… Read More
US Life Expectancy Rose For The First Time Since 2014 As Drug Overdose Deaths Fell For The First Time In Decades
by McKinley Corbley, Good News Network
Americans are rejoicing over a new report detailing how the life expectancy of US adults has increased for the first time since 2014—and it is largely because of a landmark decline in cancer mortality and drug overdoses… Read More
Wildlife Officials Released A Group Of Bighorn Sheep To Land They Haven’t Touched In 100 Years
by Scottie Andrew, CNN
The crowd gathered for the bighorn sheep sendoff in Nevada far outnumbered the 21 animals who galloped out of their pens and into their new habitat. But the small number of sheep could be instrumental in securing the species’ future… Read More
This City Is Banning Natural Gas To Reduce Its Carbon Footprint
by Kaylie Treskin, 1 Million Women
Eliminating natural gas in homes could reduce each household’s pollution levels significantly, and if multiplied by the 90,000 residents of the city this change could have quite a significant impact… Read More
Meet The Author/illustrator Putting Children With Special Needs At The Center Of Her Picture Books
by Kristen Guay, Bay State Parent
It is not easy to find books where children with sensory processing disorder, autism, or other forms of neurodiversity are reflected. But in the Little Senses series, author/illustrator Samantha Cotterill touches on… Read More
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