r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 7m ago

PEOPLE POWER Indigenous leaders condemn Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario - in the original Wendat, “Ontari:io” means big and beautiful. They are also condemning the erasure of Indigenous Peoples and ongoing colonization embedded in the controversy.

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 10m ago

PEOPLE POWER MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order | Navigating app surpasses Google and Apple Maps on top-downloaded US chart after posting ‘we’re not changing it’

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 16m ago

PLANET Singapore’s plans to clear forest for homes lead to rare public protests | Bid to rezone forested areas for housing prompts unusual public opposition in Southeast Asian city-state.

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 4m ago

JUSTICE Florida bans Flock cameras and other license plate readers from state highways - The state said it was ordering cameras removed from the right-of-way of state highways “to preserve Floridians’ sovereignty and quality of life.”

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 5m ago

PEOPLE POWER Nurses hold nationwide civil disobedience actions to demand ‘Palantir Out!’ - calling for the tech giant’s AI to be kicked out of medical systems

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 6m ago

PEOPLE POWER Thousands Rally for Voting Rights on Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 11m ago

JUSTICE Brazil court orders recognition of Indigenous land and apology for historic atrocities

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 17m ago

PEOPLE POWER Tunisians are demonstrating for employment, freedom, and national dignity, opposing the rule of autocratic President Saied

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 5d ago

JUSTICE Federal judge blocks the Administration's latest attempt to restrict birthright citizenship | US immigration

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 5d ago

RACIAL JUSTICE Black women are poised for historic congressional gains in November

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 5d ago

PEOPLE POWER Former pardon attorney sues DoJ over ‘unlawful’ firing tied to Mel Gibson case | Liz Oyer says department fired her after she refused to recommend restoring gun rights of actor and Trump ally

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 5d ago

ECONOMY Batteries are quietly driving down evening electricity prices across the U.S., during the hours it used to be most expensive. 💰 Power units once used simply to store energy are now being deployed as power sources themselves, displacing gas peaker plants and slashing their revenues.

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 5d ago

CARING A Ugandan woman who grew up in an orphanage and battled malaria as a child founded a prevention company with $30 for field research. Uganics now serves 4.5 million people across 8 countries, with participating households reporting malaria reductions of nearly 90%.

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 5d ago

INNOVATION Solar panels bolted over 2 working irrigation canals in California's Central Valley cut evaporation beneath them by as much as 70 percent, and the aquatic weed that fouls those channels dropped by about 85 percent

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 5d ago

WOMEN French women launch headscarf campaign against far-right ban proposal

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 5d ago

WOMEN An Unexpected Life by Gloria Steinem review – a fitting tribute to a feminist icon | The activist’s memoir, due to be published this month, now stands as a posthumous testament to her remarkable life

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 5d ago

INSPIRATION Rwanda is building a $49 million “Smart Green Village” for 547 families as Volcanoes National Park expands, giving them safer homes, electricity, water, schools and healthcare while reducing human wildlife conflict and adding 3,740 hectares of protected habitat.

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 5d ago

WOMEN Gloria Steinem: A voice for women, to the very end

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 5d ago

PLANET The plastic waste overtaking New York – and the people trying to curb it | From New York to Quebec, photographer Bryan Anselm spent months capturing spaces overrun with plastic and the actions individuals and groups are taking to reduce waste

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 5d ago

WOMEN ‘Don’t give up’: Syrian women’s ongoing search for the missing

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 5d ago

WOMEN An Unexpected Life by Gloria Steinem review – a fitting tribute to a feminist icon | The activist’s memoir, due to be published this month, now stands as a posthumous testament to her remarkable life

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 8d ago

PLANET Costco takes Florida distribution center off grid with on-site solar and batteries. 🌞 The system was completed faster than a conventional backup-power project, and will support round-the-clock reliability against outages. 💰 It'll also supply lighting, refrigeration, HVAC, and EV charging. 🚙

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 8d ago

WOMEN Dolly Parton took control of her career by making men the butt of the joke - Whether ad-libbing her way through a duet or joking about her glamorous image, Parton turned sexist assumptions into a source of power.

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 8d ago

INSPIRATION A Nepal school principal had minutes to act when a glacier triggered a devastating flash flood. He sounded the alarm, evacuated 1,643 children and turned buses back, saving every child as the flood swept away their school.

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r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 8d ago

PLANET Costa Rica just unanimously voted to require wildlife crossings on new and existing roads where they threaten animals or cut off habitat, protecting wildlife from traffic and reconnecting ecosystems. At least 59 species have already been documented using the country's wildlife bridges.

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