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🇳🇴 Norway is planning a temporary ban on AI glasses in schools, healthcare facilities, parks, and other public places in response to privacy concerns.

🌎 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recused himself from a major climate change case amid scrutiny over his stock holdings in oil companies.

📹 A U.S. district judge ruled that a warrantless search of automated license plate reader systems, like Flock, violated the Fourth Amendment, throwing out evidence in a drug trafficking case.

Clean energy

Solar and wind generation just met a record 80% of national power demand in Australia

Solar and wind power met a record 80.4% of demand in Australia over the weekend, with rooftop solar alone providing more than half of the power used on the national grid for around 30 minutes.

Australia’s energy minister said the milestone demonstrated that there was “more clean, cheap, sovereign energy powering our homes and businesses than ever before.” And while the country has a long way to go to reach it’s energy targets, it’s notable progress.

On average, renewable energy is providing 44% of Australia’s energy demand, and more than 4.3 million Australian households now have rooftop solar.

Why is this good news? Solar power in particular continues to prove its worth as an energy source, and milestones like these only reinforce the reality that these technologies are here and available to us as we rapidly shift from a fossil fuel-based to a renewable energy system all over the world.

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More Good News

​Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford raised a record $7.65 million for children living in war zones. The total came from the couple’s annual Wassail benefit in support of Children in Conflict, for which they are founding ambassadors.

​New York City is investing $8.9 million to fill gaps in trans youth healthcare. The funding will support healthcare nonprofits delivering gender-affirming care, and comes after several major hospital systems ended their trans youth healthcare programs in the last year.

​Harvard students created a low-cost headset that only needs a minute to screen for concussions. Radhika Saran, Cleo Pontone, and Sophia DeVito won the James Dyson Award in the U.S. for their invention, which uses infrared cameras and hot mirrors to track eye movements.

​Switzerland just made history, becoming the first country to ban both imports and sales of fur. Last year, it banned fur imports, but just went a step further to also ban the sale of fur products within its borders, setting a precedent for other countries to follow.

​The U.K. is banning airlines from charging parents extra to sit with their children on airplanes. To crack down on “little charges that add up” for families, passengers will also no longer need to pay to tweak the name on their flight booking if they need to correct a mistake.

People doing good

Strangers raised $18,000 to help a North Carolina woman find housing for her and her dog

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good progress

For the first time, more electric vehicles were sold in Europe than diesel and gas cars combined

In August, fully electric vehicles outsold gasoline and diesel vehicles combined in Europe for the first time ever. The milestone is attributed to rising fuel costs, aggressive pricing strategies by Chinese EV manufacturers, and government subsidies.

More than 243,000 electric vehicles were registered in August across 31 European countries, a 52.2% increase year-on-year — internal combustion engine vehicle sales dropped 23.4% to just under 203,000 vehicles registered.

Additionally, the share of EVs in total new car sales rose to 29.2%, surpassing internal combustion engine vehicles, which makes up 24.4%.

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More Good bits

🦧 Beavers just want to have a laugh, and an orangutan with an attitude.

✏️ In Gaza, absolutely nothing goes to waste. (Reels)

🥟 Mulan actress Ming-Na Wen asks: “Have you eaten yet?”

🌸 There’s just one type of bomb we can support.

☕️ Ms. Rachel’s got sway and coffee recommendations.

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