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💌 Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day! Make some room for Mother Nature in your heart with a sustainable date idea, a bouquet of flowers, or a gift for your loved one.

🧊 The Trump administration said it was ending ICE’s “surge operation” in Minnesota.

📰 An immigration judge terminated removal proceedings against Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk.

Human rights

Developers in Kansas City canceled the sale of a warehouse that was going to be made into an ICE detention center

After federal officials were confirmed to have toured a massive warehouse outside of Kansas City in mid-January, the political and public backlash was swift.

The city council passed a ban on permits or approvals for nonmunicipal detention facilities, and people held rallies and protests, calling on the company that owned the building not to sell it to the federal government.

That company, Platform Ventures, confirmed to a local news station that it was “not actively engaged with the U.S. Government or any other prospective purchaser” over the warehouse.

Why is this good news? Numerous reports have confirmed the dire, inhumane, and horrific conditions in detention centers that already exist. Not only do we not need more of these spaces — it’s a reminder that we have the power to stop it when attempts to expand ICE’s efforts come to our communities.

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​A Minneapolis pet shelter is caring for animals whose owners have been detained or deported by ICE. The Bond Between has been a safe haven for pets left to fend for themselves after their owners were detained, and has provided resources for those afraid to leave their homes.

​In a landmark decision, the Philippines Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples can co-own property. Same-sex unions are outlawed in the Philippines, and it is the only country in the world, outside of the Vatican, that does not allow divorce, leaving LGBTQ+ couples without legal protections in a variety of areas.

​After 40 years of conservation and protection efforts, wood storks are being taken off the endangered species list. The only native storks in the country were decimated by developers and agriculture operations that eventually compromised around 35% of South Florida’s wetlands, where most of the storks nested.

​A Fort Worth English teacher is keeping AI out of her classroom by going fully analog. Each of Chanea Bond’s classes starts with several minutes of students journaling in notebooks, and nearly all assignments must be handwritten and physically turned in.

​Vienna is leading the way in turning parking areas into green spaces instead. The Austrian capital’s goal is to break up concrete, to both cool things off in summer and to encourage alternative transit options.

People doing good

Knitters create ‘welcome blankets’ for immigrants in project spanning the circumference of Earth

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good Data

New study found that China’s emissions have been flat or falling for two years

Carbon dioxide emissions fell by 1% in the last quarter of 2025, solidifying an overall decline of 0.3% for the full year, and extending a “flat or falling” trend in the country’s emissions since March 2024.

Part of a new analysis, it also found that emissions year-over-year in almost all major sectors last year, including transportation, power, and building materials.

Additionally, solar power generation increased by 43% and energy storage grew by a record 75 gigawatts, outpacing its rise in peak demand of 55 gigawatts.

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More Good bits

🎶 A hit song from 1985 is still raising money for charity.

🍷 The original wine moms are protecting their neighbors.

🇺🇸 Everybody loves Richard. (Instagram)

💊 A bipartisan effort to break up “big medicine” is happening.

🐈 After six months, a cat finally graduated from the shelter.

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