Good News Headlines 8/28/18
Ghost Fishing Nets Make Up 46% Of Ocean Plastic – Good Thing The UN Is Finally Taking Action!
from One Green Planet
World Animal Protection has successfully lobbied the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) to start tagging fishing nets and help prevent ghost nets, or ghost gear, that is lost or abandoned at sea… Read More
Harvard Square Cafe Will Provide Jobs, Training To Homeless Youth In Cambridge
by Robert Sondak, Spare Change News
Breaktime is a cafe that has a mission beyond serving coffee and scones; the plan is to provide job training and stable employment for Cambridge’s economically insecure youth… Read More
China, World’s Biggest Polluter, Hits Carbon Goals—12 Years Early
by Matt K. Smith, Daily Beast
In a year when climate change is moving from abstract theory to grimly tangible reality, a faint dot of hope may be on the horizon… Read More
Kroger To Phase Out Plastic Bags At All Stores
from The Associated Press
The nation’s largest grocery chain has begun to phase out the use of plastic bags as more Americans grow uncomfortable with their impact on the environment… Read More
Puppy And Kitten Sales At Pet Shops Set To Be Banned
from BBC News
Pet shops and dealers in England will be banned from selling puppies and kittens under government plans… Read More
We May Soon Have Backpacks That Can Generate Clean Water From The Air—Even In Arid Deserts
from Good News Network
A professor of mechanical engineering is leading a research team to develop a lightweight, battery-powered pack that can harvest water from the air—as many as 10 gallons per hour— even in arid locations… Read More
The Teenagers Getting Plastic Bags Banned In Bali
by Jacopo Prisco, CNN
Indonesia is the second largest plastic polluter in the world after China — its plastic waste accounts for a whopping 10 per cent of marine plastic pollution… Read More
Commonwealth Could Be National Leader In Renewables
from Spare Change News
The Massachusetts House and Senate have passed energy bills that dictate the percentage of renewable energy in which the Commonwealth will invest by raising the Renewable Portfolio Standard… Read More
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