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🐻 Officials in California announced that the world’s largest wildlife crossing will officially open on December 2, four and a half years after the project first broke ground.

🗑️ New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the city would be swapping parking spots for 6,500 curbside “Empire Bins” to eliminate trash bag-filled sidewalks and deliver on the city’s “promise of clean, healthy streets for every neighborhood.”

Governments doing good

In a ‘historic breakthrough,’ 59 countries backed voluntary roadmaps to wean the world off of fossil fuels

At the first “Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels” conference held in and hosted by Colombia, governments were asked to develop “roadmaps” for ending the production and use of fossil fuels, which will serve as the foundation for a new initiative to wean the world off coal, oil, and gas.

The roadmaps also go further than the climate plans published under the Paris agreement, which only address domestic greenhouse gas emissions and don’t account for the impacts of fossil fuel exports.

Almost half of the countries that attended produce fossil fuels, and will provide plans for winding down their output. All participants agreed to support poorer countries in developing their roadmaps, reassess fossil fuel subsidies, and more.

Why is this good news? For years, the marquee UN climate conference failed to produce clearly defined goals and action steps to phase out fossil fuels. In just its first year, this new conference achieved historic agreements and breakthroughs to hold countries accountable.

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​Kacey Musgraves partnered with Depop to sell items from her wardrobe, and all proceeds will support immigrant children. All proceeds from sales will be donated to the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, which protects and advances the rights and best interests of immigrant children according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and state and federal law.

​Technology used in a “de-extinction” project will be shared to help with conservation efforts for threatened species. Critics say the “de-extinction” effort is still a huge distraction from “one of the gravest crises on the planet: the accelerating decline and extinction of nature.”

​Illinois unveiled a first-in-the-country “green tax credit” for television and film productions that prioritize sustainability. The state saw record-high production spend in 2025 introduced the measure to encourage sustainable filmmaking practices.

​Defying the Taliban, FIFA made a landmark amendment to allow the Afghan women’s team to officially play for their country. For nearly five years, Afghanistan’s women soccer players have lived in exile, unable to represent their country’s national team under the Taliban’s ban on women’s sports.

​A Toronto man’s HIV was no longer detectable after a bone marrow transplant. He had been living with HIV for 27 years, and if he remains in remission for about two and a half years, he will join 10 people in the world currently considered cured of HIV.

Environment

Two college students led a crusade to end herbicide use on their campus. Now they’re doing the same at schools nationwide

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People doing good

Polish fundraiser for childhood cancer patients breaks records with nine-day livestream

On April 17, Polish influencer Piotr Hancke started a livestream to raise money for the Cancer Fighters Foundation, a nonprofit that supports children with cancer.

The stream then stretched into a nine-day event, as Hancke was joined by athletes, musicians, and celebrities from across Poland, with many shaving their heads with Hancke in solidarity.

According to the Guinness World Records, the event more than tripled the previous livestream fundraiser record, raising over $76 million.

A spokesperson for the Cancer Fighters Foundation said, “We're reaching for the ​stars, reaching for space, to help those who need it ​most, the innocent children who fight the hardest battles every day.”

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More Good bits

🐢 An 8-year-old’s family vacation turned into a turtle rescue.

🌍 Get paid to help the planet without leaving your neighborhood.

🏟️ Europe is getting its first women’s soccer stadium!

🇦🇮 Probably the best AI news we’ve seen yet. (Reels)

🇫🇮 Finland just unveiled its longest bridge. Cars will never drive on it.

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