Good News Headlines 9/25/18

When Disaster Strikes, Jose Andres Brings Hot Food And Hope
by Judy Woodruff, PBS
Celebrity chef Jose Andres has been on the ground in the Carolinas this week, helping victims of Hurricane Florence. As a "food first responder," Andres was also in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria tore through the island a year ago… Read More
Valentino Dixon, 48, Gets Released From 27 Years Of Wrongful Imprisonment After Gaining National Attention For Golf Course Drawings
by Steve Gardner, Good Black News
Convicted of a crime he never committed and serving time in one of the USA’s most notorious prisons, Valentino Dixon spent much of his free time drawing serene scenes of lush golf courses… Read More
There Are 256 Women Nominated For The House And Senate In 2018 After Historic Wins
by Eric Pfeiffer, Good Magazine
We’re still nearly two months away from the 2018 midterm elections and women have already made history… Read More
Girls Collect Over 20,000 Snack Wrappers And Mail Them Back To Manufacturers To Curb Plastic Use
from Good News Network
At the suggestion of their city council, dozens of school girls from the Subbiah Vidyalayam Girls Higher Secondary School in Thoothukudi, India collected 20,244 snack wrappers over the course of two weeks… Read More
One Of The World’s Biggest Power Plant Developers Just Gave Up On Coal
by Michael J. Coren, Quartz
The Japanese energy conglomerate Marubeni will no longer build coal-fired power plants, and it plans to slash its ownership in coal-fired energy assets in half by 2030… Read More
Germany Premieres The First Hydrogen-Powered Train In The World
by Luciana Pricop, Inhabitat
The efficient trains were produced by French transportation engineers at Alstom, the same manufacturers who amazed the world in the early 1980s with the world-record-setting bullet train… Read More
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