Good News Headlines 4/19/16
Mongolia To Create New Protected Area For Snow Leopards
from Good News Network
The Snow Leopard Trust team began working toward achieving State Protected Area status in 2012. Now, 4 years later, this effort has paid off, and Tost should remain a safe haven for snow leopards… Read More
U.S. Soda Consumption Falls To 30-Year Low
by Dr. Mer cola, Mer cola.com
The message is spreading that soda is a health disaster, and increasing numbers of Americans are ditching it in favor of their health… Read More
Pope Francis Takes 12 Refugees Back To Vatican After Trip To Greece
by Jim Yardley, The New York Times
The action punctuated the pope’s pleas for sympathy to the crisis confronting the refugees just as European attitudes are hardening against them… Read More
Ortho To Drop Chemicals Linked To Bee Declines
by Dan Elliott, Associated Press/St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The company plans to phase out neonicotinoids by 2021 in eight products used to control garden pests and diseases… Read More
Obama To Forgive The Student Debt Of Permanently Disabled People
by Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, The Washington Post
The Obama administration plans to forgive $7.7 billion in federal student loans held by nearly 400,000 permanently disabled Americans… Read More
Canada Is Set To Expand Access To Physician-Assisted Suicide
by Bryan Dewan, Think Progress
A newly proposed Canadian law, announced Thursday, will seek to legalize physician-assisted death for Canadians with serious medical conditions… Read More
Wild Tigers Are Making A Comeback
by Aimee Kuvadia, Good Magazine
The endangered species have been striving to survive for decades, and now, their population is finally on the rise, up to at least 3,890 tigers from around 3,200 in 2010, according to conservationists… Read More
As Shelters Fill Up, Germans Welcome Refugees Into Their Homes
by Sara-Duana Meyer, The Huffington Post
Abdulahi is a young man from Eritrea who moved in with a family after spending a year in refugee shelters… Read More
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