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#GoodMorningNews Since Oct 2024 Repair Café Hereford City prevented 803kg landfill waste & 2,638kg CO2e. In June we prevented 101kg landfill waste & 331kg CO2e emissions. And we had 28 volunteers, 46 visitors who brought 55 items for repair and we received some wonderful feedback.

For the first time ever, wind and solar produced more electricity than coal in the US The "Age of Electricity" is here.

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#goodmorningnews In October we set up a local Repair Cafe. Today we ran our 4th session, repaired 37 / 55 items that were brought in. That’s over 100 items saved from landfill so far. The community of people we have drawn in is wonderful. I don’t do religion but I’m at church once a month too now😈😇

Endangered Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Frogs Are Making a Comeback Scientists are celebrating the recovery of the species in Yosemite National Park, where they were decimated by the introduction of non-native fish and the deadly amphibian chytrid fungus

Good morning, Bluesky! Today’s #GoodMorningNews— after a major population crash among endangered Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs due to a fungal infection in the early 2000s, the species is rebounding as scientists have spent years spreading fungus-resistant individuals to new lakes

This seaside town will power thousands of homes with waves A test site off the Oregon coast could be key to unlocking wave power in the United States. Surprisingly, residents aren’t opposed.

Good morning, Bluesky. It’s time for your #GoodMorningNews: there’s a new test site being developed for wave energy off the coast of Oregon. The US is behind Europe on developing this technology, and looking to catch up. The tech captures the energy of ocean waves, a constant source (gift link)

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Today’s #GoodMorningNews: a trial at Washington University’s school of medicine has shown great results for a vaccine that would prevent recurrence for a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. It’s a small trial, but 3 years later 16/18 participants remain cancer free

Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer | WashU Medicine Clinical trial targeted recurrence of hard-to-treat triple-negative breast cancer

Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews: a trial at Washington University’s school of medicine has shown great results for a vaccine that would prevent recurrence for a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. It’s a small trial, but 3 years later 16/18 participants remain cancer free

World’s largest known coral discovered in Solomon Islands | Coral | The Guardian Gigantic multicoloured organism is visible from space and has grown for between 300 and 500 years

Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews: scientists have discovered the world’s largest known coral, in the waters surrounding the Solomon Islands. It’s not a reef, but a single organism— and it’s visible from space amp.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile's remote Easter Island Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum in Norway to Chile's remote territory of Easter Island in the mid-Pacific.

Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews: Norway is returning a large cache of artifacts, including some human remains, to Rapa Nui-Easter Island, as part of an ongoing collaborative project between Norway, Chile, and Rapa Nui. The objects were taken in 1947 with promises to return them

Artificial Photosynthesis Breakthrough: Revolutionary Gel Turns Sunlight Directly Into Clean Fuel Scientists design bioinspired hydrogels that mimic plant photosynthesis for clean hydrogen energy production. A new hydrogel developed by Japanese scientists uses sunlight to efficiently produce hydro...

Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews: scientists in Japan have created a hydrogel, inspired by photosynthesis, that uses the sun’s energy directly to split hydrogen atoms from water. This could potentially be much more efficient than other hydrogen-producing methods

Biden just finalized a major climate rule. This one could be tricky for Trump to dismantle | CNN The Environmental Protection Agency just finalized one of the Biden administration’s only outstanding climate rules, aimed at cracking down on leaks of methane — a potent planet-warming gas with an ou...

Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews— the EPA has finalized the last rule from the Biden admin, which charges companies for methane leaks and provides tax incentives for fixing them. Because this was mandated by the Inflation Reduction Act, it will be difficult for Trump to undo

Earth’s Invisible Shield Rebounds: The Remarkable 2024 Ozone Recovery In 2024, the ozone hole over the Antarctic showed a notable reduction in size, ranking as the seventh smallest since monitoring began post-Montreal Protocol. This improvement is credited to ongoing re...

Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews: the hole in the ozone layer shrank notably. NOAA predicts that if current trends continue, it could fully recover by 2066. scitechdaily.com/earths-invis...

‘Exciting’ new lupus treatment could end need for lifelong medication | Medical research | The Guardian CAR T-cell genetic therapy, typically used in cancer patients, could lead to cure for the disease, says expert

Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews: a genetic therapy is being trialled in the UK as a potential cure for lupus. It’s already led to remission for German patients in an earlier trial. amp.theguardian.com/science/2024...

Endangered cloned ferret gives birth, in a first for conservation Scientists say the births of two ferrets are the first time a cloned endangered species has reproduced in a conservation program.

Good morning, Bluesky. Today’s #GoodMorningNews— the National Zoo has announced the successful birth and raising to adulthood of two black-footed ferrets born from a cloned mother. This is the first time a clone from this endangered species has successfully become a mother

Washington voters uphold landmark climate law against challenge from conservatives Voters in Washington state have upheld a groundbreaking law that is forcing companies to cut carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for programs that include habitat restoration and prepar...

Good morning, Bluesky. I took a couple of days off from #GoodMorningNews, because, well, the news was shit. But here— one good thing to come out of Tuesday. Voters in Washington successfully defeated a hedge fund executive-backed repeal effort of their landmark climate law apnews.com/article/wash...

UN nature summit agrees on payments for use of genetic information The consultative body is considered a breakthrough in recognizing the role that Indigenous peoples play in conserving nature globally.

Still morning as I type this, by one minute— today’s #GoodMorningNews: countries at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) have agreed to a plan that would require companies to pay a fee for using natural genetic information in their products, with the proceeds going to conservation efforts

An 'unprecedented' good news story about a potentially deadly viral outbreak The death rate for Marburg virus is nearly 90%. There are no approved vaccines and treatments. So how did Rwanda achieve what one doctor calls an "unprecedented" success in controlling its outbreak?

Good morning, Bluesky! Today’s #GoodMorningNews is a little nuanced, but I thought it was interesting and heartening. In Rwanda, an outbreak of Marburg disease, which can have a fatality rate of around 90%, has been kept to only 22%. How? Mostly just an intense focus on good health infrastructure.

California, major airlines to work to boost sustainable aviation fuel use The state of California and a group representing major U.S. passenger and cargo airlines said on Wednesday they had reached an agreement to sharply boost the use of sustainable aviation fuel.

Good anxious morning, Bluesky! Still morning for five more minutes here, anyway. Today’s #GoodMorningNews— California and major airlines have worked out an agreement to boost the industry’s use of sustainable airline fuel, a low-carbon alternative, to more than 10x current levels

Could mRNA vaccines conquer another deadly infection? Penn researchers say yes. Working with animals, Penn researchers modified the mRNA vaccine to target C. difficile, an infection that kills 30,000 in the U.S. each year.

Good morning, Bluesky! Today’s #GoodMorningNews— using mRNA vaccine technology developed for COVID, researchers at Penn have developed a potential vaccine for C. diff., a bacteria that kills about 30k people in America every year. So far it’s only been in animal trials, but very promising

One Cup of This New Material Could Rewrite the Climate Change Equation 200 grams = 1 tree. Seriously.

Good morning Bluesky! Today’s #GoodMorningNews: scientists at Berkeley have developed a new material for carbon capture from the atmosphere. 200 grams of this material (the weight of a cup of water) is enough to capture 44 pounds of carbon in a year. That’s roughly one tree’s worth.

'So relieved.' North Atlantic right whales see slight population growth. Will it last? Critically endangered North Atlantic right whales have seen a slight population increase since last year. The whales swim off Cape Cod in late winter.

Sorry, didn’t get the #GoodMorningNews out in the actual morning, because I was too distracted by the not-good news. But here it is! For the third year in a row, critically endangered right whale populations have slightly risen www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/e...

Ozempic linked to lower Alzheimer's risk in people with Type 2 diabetes There's growing evidence that GLP-1 drugs, which include Ozempic and Wegovy, may benefit the brain.

Good morning, Bluesky! Today’s #GoodMorningNews: a study of more than 1 million type 2 diabetes patients over three years shows that those who took semaglutide (aka Ozempic/Wegovy) were significantly less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Red-cockaded woodpeckers' recovery in southeast leads to status change from endangered to threatened The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be downlisted from an endangered species to a threatened one.

Good morning, Bluesky! Today’s #GoodMorningNews: the red-cockaded woodpecker is no longer an endangered species apnews.com/article/red-...

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Good morning, Bluesky! Today’s #GoodMorningNews— a clinical trial in Australia has successfully used lab-grown skin from the patient’s own cells to treat a severe burn victim with skin grafts. www.msn.com/en-au/health...

US power grid added battery equivalent of 20 nuclear reactors in past four years | Renewable energy | The Guardian Pace of growth helps maintain renewable energy when weather conditions interfere with wind and solar

Good morning, Bluesky! Here’s today’s #GoodMorningNews: in the past four years, the US energy infrastructure has added the equivalent of *20* nuclear power plants in battery storage amp.theguardian.com/environment/...

Doctors trial world’s first mRNA vaccine against vomiting bug norovirus | Norovirus | The Guardian Jab could bring huge health and economic benefits as virus often spreads very rapidly and can be serious

Good morning, Bluesky! Today’s #GoodMorningNews: the world’s first vaccine for norovirus is moving into human trials in the UK amp.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Egypt declared malaria-free by World Health Organization - BBC News The World Health Organization says the disease "that plagued pharaohs" now belongs to Egypt's history.

Good morning Bluesky! Here is some whopping #GoodMorningNews— Egypt has been declared officially malaria-free. They’ve been working toward this for over a century www.bbc.com/news/article...

Biden administration proposes free over-the-counter birth control The proposal would expand free coverage under the Affordable Care Act to include birth control pills, emergency contraceptives and condoms.

Good morning, Bluesky! Today’s #GoodMorningNews: the Biden admin has proposed a new rule for the ACA which would require insurers to cover free over-the-counter birth control, including daily pills, emergency contraception, and condoms (gift link) wapo.st/409xRw3

Black male teachers are a rarity in preschools. This pioneering program wants to change that A fellowship program is training young Black men to become literacy aides in preschool classrooms across the country.

Okay, well, I missed the morning, but it’s morning somewhere! Your #GoodMorningNews today: a fellowship program that places young Black and Latino men in pre-k classrooms teaching early literacy apnews.com/article/pres...