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Black History Month starts today! Now perhaps more than ever, it's important to celebrate intentionally by honoring the trailblazers who fought for freedom and justice and participating in the work that still needs to be done to create a more just world.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is creating the Earth's largest protected tropical forest reserve
Stretching across six countries, the Congo Basin is the largest and healthiest tropical forest carbon sink in the world — around 60% of it is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The new model will protect an area the size of France from growing threats to the basin like monocrop plantations, industrial meat farming, deforestation, and the impacts of the climate crisis.
Why is this good news? Home to 10,000 unique species (a third found nowhere else on the planet) and providing livelihoods to 60 million people, the Congo Basin also sequesters 1.5 billion tonnes of CO2 annually and its peat swamp stores 29 billion tons of carbon — about three years worth of global greenhouse gas emissions.
This move in the DRC preserves the Congo Basin's functionality as a carbon sink — benefiting both locals and the whole world.
YouTube creators and celebrities raised over $1 million for LA wildfire relief
Last week, YouTube stars The Try Guys hosted a fundraising livestream to support five organizations on the ground helping people impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires.
Before the event even aired, fundraising totals reached over $1 million, with $10,000 more donated within the first 15 minutes of the stream.
Funds raised will be divided among five charities and guests included in the livestream include creators and celebrities such as Ben Schwartz, Jason Segel, Jean Smart, Ke Huy Quan, Alyssa Milano, and many more.
Along with direct donations, viewers could bid on auction items, as well as shop merchandise that benefits the on-the-ground organizations.
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Get all the snacks you need in time for the big game.
Game day is right around the corner, and instead of fumbling through crowds at the store, Instacart has you covered.
Order your game day groceries and essentials on the app, see real-time updates, and get your items delivered all in the same day. And yes, that includes your all-star players like chips, soda, and more!
Instacart is the biggest online grocery marketplace in America. You can shop 1 billion items from 80,000 stores in 14,000 cities. Simply put, it's grocery delivery you can count on.
Startups are turning empty office buildings into vertical farms in cities around the world
Canada's iconic Calgary Tower is now home to a 65,000-square-foot vertical indoor farm, producing crops like strawberries, kale, and cucumber. Similar farms have popped up in Japan, Singapore, and Dubai.
On vertical indoor farms, foods can grow in climate-controlled environments, which is doubly important in light of severe weather events intensified by climate change impacting weather patterns and crop yields.
In places like the U.S., where the office vacancy rate is more than 20%, farms are a solution for landlords who need to fill space. One is in the works in Texas, another opened in Ohio, and there's now a 200,000-square-foot farm inside a former commercial building in Kentucky.
Why is this good news? The indoor farming movement has been (pardon the pun) growing for years, but when the pandemic disrupted global supply chains, it heightened the need for new, local solutions. And now, the pandemic has also resulted in as many as one in four office spaces left vacant in some cities. Indoor farming offers a solution to both problems.
Researchers at Stanford developed a molecule that tricks cancer cells into self-destructing through genetic editing
Overcoming a major challenge with existing cancer treatments, researchers at Stanford just developed a new technique that uses a cancer tumor's ability to rapidly evolve against it.
Instead of introducing new drugs or targets, their technique involves "switches" which enable engineered cells to outnumber cancer cells and then release a toxin that kills both the engineered and existing cancer cells.
So far, they've tested it with the most common form of lung cancer and are working to test it with other types of cancer.
Why is this good news?Currently, to overcome the resistance some cancer cells develop to survive treatments, doctors will use a combination of drugs to attack the cells in different ways. This kind of approach is especially limited for hard-to-treat cancers — so this new breakthrough is critical.
After securing $950 million in funding, New York is getting its largest solar farm — and it's set to come online next year
A clean energy investment company secured $950 million to build New York's largest solar farm, which will sit on 2,500 acres east of Buffalo.
Construction has already begun on the massive project, and when completed and online in 2026, it's expected to generate enough energy to power around 120,000 households in the state every year.
It's part of a larger statewide goal of sourcing at least 70% of all its energy from renewable sources by 2030. This project is one of 23 larger clean energy projects approved by the state. Currently, it has enough solar capacity to power more than 1 million homes in the state.
Why is this good news? This is another massive step the state is taking to not only reach its clean energy goals — but to do its part to move the country toward an emissions-free future, which will ultimately help limit global warming, save lives, and result in cleaner air and healthier communities.
Introducing... The Goodnewspaper: The Relationships Edition
Our relationships are the foundation of our ability to make a difference in the world. While many of us are familiar with the power of love and the stability, passion, and beauty we find in romantic relationships, they aren't the only important connections.
The Relationships Edition celebrates the warmth of humanity, all of the relationships that support you most, and our shared ability to change one another for the better.
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