PROGRESS
The world's largest battery-electric ship entered commercial service.
A 130-metre electric ferry is now carrying passengers and vehicles across the Río de la Plata.
SOURCEIncat Tasmania
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ALL THE SLOP
Every serving. No expiration date.
PROGRESS
Off-grid solar now reaches 149 million people—up 26% in two years.
Small solar systems are powering homes, jobs and 7.4 million microenterprises.
SOURCEWorld Bank / GOGLA
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NATURE
252 million hectares are now under restoration across 149 countries.
Nature restoration is scaling—and already supporting more than one million green jobs.
SOURCEUnited Nations Environment Programme
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NATURE
Tsavo West's black rhino sanctuary: an October progress update.
The 3,200 km² sanctuary was officially opened in December 2025. An October 2026 report describes subsequent fence removal and wider habitat work.
SOURCESan Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance / Kenya Wildlife Service / KRRE
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NATURE
$325 million will put 42 working-lands conservation projects into practice.
Conservation funding is moving onto farms with producer contracts attached.
SOURCEUSDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
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PROGRESS
Rhode Island will pair solar carports, batteries and EV charging on one civic campus.
A government parking lot is becoming a small, flexible power system.
SOURCERhode Island Office of Energy Resources
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NATURE
$65 million is turning 34 farm-conservation ideas into field tests.
The lab bench is moving onto working farms.
SOURCEUSDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
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NATURE
A national cleanup removed 24,000 ghost traps—and funded 11 more projects.
Old fishing gear came out. Data, habitat and coastal jobs moved in.
SOURCEVirginia Institute of Marine Science / NOAA Marine Debris Program
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PROGRESS
Solar and batteries helped cut summer wholesale power prices 42% in Texas and 51% in California.
More clean capacity arrived—and midday wholesale power got cheaper.
SOURCESolar Energy Industries Association
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PROGRESS
Colorado funded $13.9 million in practical industrial emissions cuts.
Six implementation projects and one study will test cleaner equipment from landfill methane sensors to factory batteries.
SOURCEColorado Energy Office
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NATURE
A critical pronghorn bottleneck is now protected for the long haul.
A narrow passage in a 150-mile migration just got durable protection.
SOURCEAssociated Press / WyoFile
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NATURE
Chiricahua just became America's newest national park.
A new name for a landscape protected since 1924.
SOURCEU.S. Department of the Interior
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PROGRESS
A 3.75-megawatt-hour battery moved into affordable housing.
Big storage. Lower bills.
SOURCEAssociated Press
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NATURE
A primate lost to science for nearly a century is still alive.
Local rescuers documented more than 90 Bangka slow lorises—and returned 86 to protected forest.
SOURCERe:wild / Alobi Wildlife Rescue Center
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PROGRESS
NYC's toll zone cut fine-particle pollution 13%.
The estimated air-quality gain closely tracked an 11% drop in vehicles entering the zone.
SOURCEColumbia Climate School / Environmental Science & Technology Letters
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NATURE
Bristol added two more floating ecosystems to its harbour.
Native plants now shelter fish, pollinators and nesting birds in the middle of the city.
SOURCEWest of England Mayoral Combined Authority / Bristol City Council
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PROGRESS
London's super sewer cut modeled storm-overflow volume 86%.
London's new tunnel intercepted most of the storm-overflow volume its designers modeled for 2025.
SOURCETideway
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NATURE
Bleached corals came back to full health in seven weeks.
A brief tissue bridge moved helpful algae within three days—and recovery continued after the corals were separated.
SOURCEStanford Doerr School of Sustainability / Science Advances
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PROGRESS
Nearly 12,000 Californians used a new EV rebate in ten weeks.
The instant discount is reaching first-time electric-car buyers at the dealership.
SOURCECalifornia Energy Commission
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NATURE
Nine funders just put more than $500 million behind species recovery.
A new alliance is coordinating five years of targeted recovery funding.
SOURCERe:wild
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NATURE
The world's rarest ape has grown to 44.
Forty-four, from the brink.
SOURCEHainan International Media Center
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PROGRESS
California will offer electrification cash instead of some gas-line replacements.
A pipe budget can become a heat pump.
SOURCECalifornia Legislature / AB 2313
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PROGRESS
Hungary is reusing fish-farm water on drought-hit land.
Post-harvest pond water is getting a second job on farms and wetlands.
SOURCEReuters
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PROGRESS
Teenagers are unplastifying 400+ schools.
A school challenge has engaged 3,500+ young people in 23 countries to redesign everyday plastic use.
SOURCEUnplastify / Reasons to Be Cheerful
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