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🗳️ More than 22,000 voters in El Paso, Texas cast ballots on the first day of early voting for the 2026 midterm, 90% more than at the same point in the last midterm election in 2022.

🧺 Airbnb is limiting the chores hosts can require of guests, responding to complaints from travelers who said they shouldn’t have to do housekeeping while paying cleaning fees. (Gifted link)

Environment

Chiricahua National Park was officially named the United States’ newest national park

Protected as a national monument since 1924, Chiricahua is located in southeast Arizona, spans more than 12,000 acres, and is home to rock formations that are around 27 million years old.

Called the “Wonderland of Rocks,” Chiricahua is also now officially the newest national park in the United States. The designation provides it with the federal government’s highest protection.

The land carries rich cultural significance as the homeland of the Chiricahua Apache, and is home to some of the best bird-watching in the world.

What’s the nuance? This designation comes after years of bipartisan effort to elevate Chiricahua to national park status amid a Trump administration that has been working to roll back conservation protections at other national parks, and even reduced the size of other federally protected sites.

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More Good News

​In Michigan, 3 Native tribes are on a mission to bring back a fish that disappeared 100 years ago. It’s part of a movement of tribal nations across the country that are trying to restore culturally important species, like the Arctic grayling, while grappling with climate change.

​Electric car fleets have saved oil-importing countries $20 billion since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran. Globally, battery-electric vehicle sales are up by 11% year-on-year for the first eight months of 2026 despite policy changes slowing EV uptake in the U.S. and China.

​An “adult high school” in Texas is giving adults opportunities to earn their diplomas and receive workforce training. The school and pilot program are located in the Rio Grande Valley, which has the largest concentration of adults who didn’t finish high school anywhere in the country.

​India reduced the cost of 137 cancer drugs by up to 70%. It builds on price controls introduced in 2019 on 42 anti-cancer drugs that cut prices by as much as 90%.

​Steve and Terri Irwin transformed an old avocado shed into a wildlife hospital that’s helped over 136,000 animals. The hospital opened in 2004 after the death of Steve’s mother, a wildlife care and rehabilitation activist, who expressed her desire to create a place for wildlife to find refuge in times of need and receive treatment.

People doing good

Historic win: Nurses fought to secure the nation’s first countywide 12-week paid parental leave policy

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good progress

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is at its lowest in almost four decades, a ‘stratospheric drop’

In a historic milestone, Brazil has recorded its lowest level of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in nearly four decades, with 1,288 square miles of forest cleared between August 2025 and July 2026.

The latest data also shows a nearly 42% drop from the same time period last year, when 2,212 square miles were deforested.

Experts said the progress was the result of “sustained commitment” by the government to protect the environment, and is proof that with political will, other parts of the world can see the same success.

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More Good bits

🍇 Solar panels will save your wine night.

🏳️‍🌈 A queer puppeteer is person of the year!

🐿️ This is a very important wildlife crossing. (Reels)

🥥 Jet fuel made with what?! You gotta be coconuts.

👏 Working moms are solving major systemic problems.

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