My personal good news is that I’m visiting family in the Appalachian Mountains while my grand daughter is on spring break. It’s still Earth Month, so today, I offer three more good news stories for life on earth.
Notre Dame Bees are Alive!
CNN reports that the bees who have been living in hives on the roof of the Notre Dame cathedral survived the fire! Here’s the story.
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Global Growth of Renewable Energy
“Renewable energy now accounts for one-third of all global power capacity.”
Young Casey Hathaway wandered into the woods a couple of counties north of where I’m living. He was missing for almost three days through wet freezing nights until rescuers found him tangled in thorny bushes. I’d been following this story on the local news, but hadn’t heard about the bear. The Good News Network reports Casey said he spent some of his time in the woods with a friendly bear who kept him safe. There’s no other confirmation about the bear besides Casey’s words, but thank goodness for friendly bears! You can read more about Casey’s rescue here.
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Rakotzbrücke Bridge in Germany. Photo from Pixabay
Germany to Close its Coal Fired Plants
The Los Angeles Times reports that Germany plans to close all 84 of its coal fired plants over the next 19 years with the goal to rely mostly on renewable energy. Here’s the story.
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Photo from Pixabay
Foxes Rescued from Fur Farm
174 foxes were rescued from a fur farm in China and given sanctuary at a Buddhist monastery. The fur farm planned to close and “dispose” of the foxes, but animal activists took them to the monastery at where the foxes were were released from cages.
The residents of Buddhist Jilin Nursing Garden in Mudanjiang, China said that they were happy to welcome the critters onto their property. (Good News Network)
The foxes will reportedly be staying at the monastery until volunteers are able to construct a permanent shelter. You can read and get links to video in this GNN story.
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He Gave his Shoes
Nine year old Cheikh Faizal was walking with his father in in Malaysia noticed a boy with no shoes. He stopped and took off his shoes and socks and lovingly put them on his new friend. You can read the story from The Good News Network.
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Good News Tuesday seeks to bring balance to our lopsided media one Tuesday at a time.
If you’ve got good news, global, local, or personal, please share!
With Earth Day just behind us by two days, I’m feeling even stronger appreciation for our home planet. That’s why I’m sharing these two stories to recognize a company and a country making real progress.
In this article learn how Apple has gone to 100% renewable energy. Their new headquarters, Apple Park, is now open and has one of the largest solar roofs in the world. Here’s what it looks like:
Below, you can read about how Portugal made enough renewable energy in the month of March to power the whole country!
