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13 Positive Headlines To Remind Us Of The Good Happening Right Now

By:: Andrea Meno

January 21, 2022

13 Positive Headlines To Remind Us Of The Good Happening Right Now

Been reading too much news lately and looking for something to help your mind recover some of the cheerfulness it's undoubtedly lost? We have just the thing.

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Kentucky farmers who were ruined by tornadoes received 300 bales of hay. That was a gift from an anonymous donor to farmers, who'd suffered some of the heaviest damage from recent tornadoes. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VA medical records now let people identify as trans or nonbinary. U.S. THURGAD Official health records now have gender options that include transgender female, transgender male, nonbinary, and other. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The richest man in India is investing $80 billion into green energy. That's roughly 6 trillion rupees, and it's all going towards renewable power projects in Gujarat, one of the states that make up India. The plan is to create one million new jobs. CRACKED.COM — Source

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New York is taking big steps to curb excessive food waste. New regulations, that aim to keep food out of landfills, require the biggest sources of food waste to either recycle it or to donate it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Gay and bi men will soon be able to donate blood in France. US - DENNIS IHR Staring on March 16, 2022 all French people, whatever their sexual orientation, will be able to donate blood. We are ending an inequality that is no longer justified, said the Health Minister. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In honor of Betty White, thousands were donated to animal rescue charities. A #BettyWhiteChallenge appeared on social media in Canada, asking people to donate to local animal shelters --and the response was huge. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Norway got rid of a damn to restore a river and its population of fish. A dam on the Tromsa River got blown up by dynamite, which restored a migratory route for fish moving through the river. CRACKED.COM — Source

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About one thousand fin whales have recently been spotted near Antarctica. This is particularly good news because, in the last century, whaling nearly made them extinct --and a sight like this is almost as if nothing happened. CRACKED.COM — Source

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About half of all new US power capacity in 2022 is going to be solar. Natural gas is going to be second at 21%, and wind will be third at 17%, according to estimates from the US Energy Information Administration. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Uganda, 8 million kids are about to get immunized against polio. The campaign got started on January 13, and it covered kids younger than age five. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bill Gates' climate fund is going to spend billions on fighting climate change. Some of the technologies it plans to boost include sustainable aviation fuels, green hydrogen fuels, energy storage, and ways to capture carbon dioxide. CRACKED.COM — Source

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We've gotten much, much better at treating and detecting lung cancer. In fact, we've gotten so much better than before that overall cancer mortality rates are declining. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Thanks to Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, 1 million animal lives were saved. The non-profit World Animal Protection estimates that 630,000 animals were saved thanks to those two companies just in 2021, according to data =E2=80=93 and WAP says that the real figure is probably closer to 1 million.com — Source

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