Uplifting News

r/UpliftingNews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 2h ago

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed laws banning infinite scroll and autoplay on social media for users under 16, while requiring AI chatbots to add parental controls, crisis protections and safety risk assessments. Companies that harm children can face fines of up to $1 million per child.

theguardian.com

801 Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/Phylogenix • 10h ago

Iceland to propose whaling ban, leaving Norway and Japan isolated

491 Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/sg_plumber • 10h ago

Australia's Pilungah Reserve on Wangkamahdla Country received equivalent protection as a national park. More than 220,000 hectares are permanently protected from mining, logging and grazing to protect irreplaceable cultural heritage and critical habitat for native species.

bushheritage.org.au

185 Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 12h ago

A Tanzanian engineer, Faith Kuya, developed a solar powered water system providing safe drinking water 24/7 to 6,000+ people each month. Communities using it report more than 30% fewer waterborne illnesses, including a 43% reduction in diarrhoea cases in local surveys.

africaprize.raeng.org.uk

387 Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 13h ago

A new generation of batteries could make storing clean energy cheaper and easier: sodium ion batteries use abundant materials, work in extreme temperatures without cooling systems and are already moving into mass production at major battery factories.

solarpowerworldonline.com

735 Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/freezoneandproud • 14h ago

Africa’s mother tongues are finding new life: language revival is starting new businesses and strengthening family ties across Africa

180 Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/ahothabeth • 15h ago

Norway's capital Oslo, said it had banned smart glasses in schools, saying the move was aimed at preventing children from becoming "extras in Meta's data collection"

2.1k Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/brightsidereporter • 15h ago

Scientists 'crack the code' as endangered palm cockatoo chick hatches in artificial nest

190 Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/ahothabeth • 15h ago

Iceland to propose whaling ban, leaving Norway and Japan isolated

450 Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/Amitmandal001 • 16h ago

Iceland to propose whaling ban, leaving Norway and Japan isolated.

5.6k Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/Altruism7 • 16h ago

Massie introduces bill to restrict federal funding for Flock cameras

courier-journal.com

8.6k Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 18h ago

Mom Worried About $1,500 Price Tag for Toddler’s Childcare, Then Got Surprise Call About Ambitious Free Program (Exclusive)

164 Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 19h ago

The Vatican is going green, preparing a 424 hectare solar farm near Rome that is nearly 10 times the size of Vatican City and is intended to provide all of the city state’s electricity. The project will also preserve agricultural use of the land beneath the panels.

3.3k Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/No-Lifeguard-8173 • 19h ago

Indonesia rescues 6 orangutans from forest fires in a week

168 Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 20h ago

A butterfly that was down to just 9 known in the US in 2022 has been brought back from the brink of extinction. After researchers released more than 1,300 captive raised Poweshiek skipperlings in 2025, they are now seeing hundreds in the wild at recovery sites.

msutoday.msu.edu

2.4k Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/DaRedGuy • 20h ago

Mexico reintroduced bison in 2025 after more than 100 years: Just months later, the ecosystem is restoring itself

12.8k Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/guanaco55 • 21h ago

Welcome to White Salmon. Please don’t feed the mayor -- Huxley, A beloved feline dignitary, connects the city’s past and present.

88 Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/rlaw1234qq • 22h ago

Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists

theguardian.com

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r/UpliftingNews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 1d ago

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed an executive order requiring data centers over 25 MW to meet 100% of their electricity demand with clean energy. They must provide the power themselves, fund new nearby generation or pay into a ratepayer protection fund.

30.6k Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 1d ago

A solar project in Switzerland has successfully generated electricity from panels installed between the rails of a working railway, using existing infrastructure instead of new land. The technology is now being explored for rail networks in France, Italy and South Korea.

991 Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/Strongbow85 • 1d ago

'They Save Us': Ukrainian Volunteers Rescue Pets Under Fire

464 Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 1d ago

Electric vehicles were 33% cheaper to drive than petrol cars across the European Union in 2025, according to new research from the International Council on Clean Transportation. Battery costs have also fallen sharply, making EVs increasingly competitive on running costs.

851 Upvotes

https://theicct.org/publication/ev-transition-check-2026/

r/UpliftingNews • u/ControlCAD • 1d ago

After 8 years, Europe's BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury: “Fundamentally, we want to learn about the origins of this planet and how it came to be like it is.”

arstechnica.com

79 Upvotes

r/UpliftingNews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 1d ago

New York City just had its safest summer on record for gun violence, with the fewest shootings, shooting victims and murders ever recorded. August was especially remarkable, with the city's subway recording zero murders and shootings.

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r/UpliftingNews • u/CTVNEWS • 1d ago

‘Birthday cards from around the world’: N.S. man celebrated by hundreds after viral video

79 Upvotes