Good News Notes: “Ed Sheeran has plans for the environment: he aspires to rewild as much of the UK as possible. The English musician told BBC Radio London late last month: “I’m trying to buy as much land as possible and plant as many trees as possible. I am trying to rewild as much of…
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‘We’re basically starting from zero’: Restoring Finland’s river ecosystems
Good News Notes: “Chopping down trees is not how most people would expect a river restoration project to begin, but Janne Raassina – who is expertly using a chainsaw to take down four or five earmarked trunks around the Särkkäjoki River in remotest eastern Finland – explains that the rotting wood will be hugely useful to the…
Forest Park receives 60-acre conservation donation
Good News Notes: “A 60-acre section of North Portland’s Forest Park has received a conservation easement donation. This is the first donation of its kind in more than 25 years, and the Forest Park Conservancyis making sure it won’t be the last….” View the whole story here: https://www.koin.com/local/forest-park-receives-60-acre-conservation-donation/
Rare twin baby elephants born in Kenya
Good News Notes: “Suckled by their mother Bora and guarded by a watchful male, rare newborn twin baby elephants ingested nourishment that conservationists hope will enable them to survive a perilous start to life in a Kenyan safari park. As yet unnamed, the pair were born this week in the Samburu National Reserve, becoming only…
A New Carbon Capture Method Turns CO2 Into Solid Carbon ‘In an Instant’
Good News Notes: “A new decarbonization technology developed by RMIT University researchers in Australia instantaneously turns CO2 into solid carbon, a press statement reveals. The team claims their method is commercially viable and that it could soon be deployed in aid of global efforts to reduce the ongoing effects of the climate crisis. A ‘radically more efficient’ method…
Rare, pristine coral reef found off Tahiti coast
Good News Notes: “Deep in the South Pacific, scientists have explored a rare stretch of pristine corals shaped like roses off the coast of Tahiti. The reef is thought to be one of the largest found at such depths and seems untouched by climate change or human activities. Laetitia Hédouin said she first saw the…
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Has Become Haven for Endangered Eagles, Study Finds
Good News Notes : “The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has become a haven for a rare species of endangered eagles, a study has found. The study, published in the journal Restoration Ecology, found that although Greater Spotted Eagles were completely extinct in Western Europe before the nuclear disaster in 1986, they have now colonized the exclusion zone and…
Longhead darter: Species believed locally extinct rediscovered
Good News Notes: “…Fish management crews captured two of them this fall during Ohio River electrofishing bass surveys, signaling their return to the state. “Who dis? Believe it or not, it’s a longhead darter,” wildlife officials wrote in a social media post. “Why are we so excited? This striking creature, native to Ohio, was thought to…
Council Bluffs nonprofit Promise 4 Paws cares for senior dogs
Good News Notes: “Cathy Graeve’s life’s purpose is bringing care and comfort to dogs who need it most. “I love all dogs, but old dogs, they just get me. Even when they’re peeing on the floor, it’s just like, what do you do?” Graeve laughed. Her passion was sparked about fifteen years ago as a…
Veganuary 2022: The new food to know, from Burger King nuggets to M&S
Good News Notes: “In 2021, a record number of people signed up to take part in the Veganuary, a challenge that encourages meat-eaters to adopt a plant-based lifestyle throughout the month of January. Organisers suggested that the surge could have been due to larger numbers of people experimenting with animal-free diets during the coronavirus pandemic. And…