Shanghai is moving towards operating a zero-waste circular economy. Household recycling is up to 45% due to mandatory sorting requirements and industrial recycling is nearing 98%. Recycled items include everything from aluminum to kitchen waste to industrial and medical waste. #goodnews
Germany has a legal commitment to fully phase out coal energy by 2038, but is currently on track to phase coal out by 3032 based on market factors alone. #goodnews
Collectively, the Global South is showing up the rest of the world in transitioning to renewable energy. One in five Global South countries have already overtaken the Global North in electrification and renewable adoption. #goodnews
One quarter of all new car sales in 2025 were EVs (electric vehicles) and current trends indicate that 28% of new car sales will be EVs in 2026. EV trends are even stronger in some regions, with EVs projected to reach around 60% of new car sales in China this year. #goodnews
Last month, France revealed a new pledge to eliminate energy generation from coal by 2030, oil by 2045, and gas by 2050--essentially making their grid entirely free of fossil fuels by 2050. #goodnews
"The UN has voted 141-8 to adopt a resolution backing a world court opinion that countries have a legal obligation to address climate change, with the US – which is the world’s biggest historical emitter – among the small group opposing it." #goodnews
Most countries drastically increase their use of coal and other fossil fuels when industrializing. India seems to be taking a different path, running their dramatic economic growth mostly on renewables, especially solar. They will be the first major country to industrialize this way. #goodnews
Over 50 years of data show a peak in PFAS (aka forever chemicals) in seabird eggs in the 90s, followed by a decrease after regulations were passed. Recent measurements show a 70% decrease of most common PFAS #goodnews
March 2026 is the first month that renewables generated more power than natural gas in the US. In fact, fossil fuels generated less energy this past March than they had any March for the previous 25 years. #goodnews
Scientists have developed a new solar-powered form of desalination that collects waste salt in solid form rather than releasing it as brine. This not only avoids the high energy expenditure of traditional desalination, but also means useful minerals can be harvested from the waste salt #goodnews
While China's push to modernize sparked a surge in burning coal, India is turning to increasingly cheap solar to meet its booming energy needs. Though it faces big hurdles, including a rickety grid,…
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France on Tuesday announced a "first of its kind" plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and gas by 2050 during a global conference aimed at breaking reliance on fossil fuels.
