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With the turn of the new year, new bipartisan legislation went into effect that protects people from unexpected medical bills.
For years, millions of Americans who experienced a medical emergency could also get a bill from a doctor they did not choose and who did not accept their insurance. The "No Surprises Act" makes those bills illegal. Bipartisan legislationpassed during the Trump administration and fine-tuned by the Biden administration is a major new consumer protection, and covers nearly all emergency medical services and most routine care. “I think this is so pro-consumer, it’s so pro-patient — and its effect...
Conversion therapy was officially banned in Canada
Conversion therapy is now officially banned in all of Canada. The new law went into effect Friday, January 7th, and makes it illegal for anyone to provide or promote services intended to change someone's sexual orientation or gender expression. Conversion therapy, as defined by GLAAD, is "any attempt to change a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression." The practice has long been discredited, and research has uncovered its extremely harmful impacts. A San Francisco...
In honor of what would have been Betty White’s 100th birthday, people joined the #BettyWhiteChallenge, donating to animal shelters and rescues
On what would have been her 100th birthday, people came together to honor the late Betty White — by donating to an animal shelter or rescue in her name. Called the #BettyWhiteChallenge, the movement calls on animal — and Betty White — lovers to donate $5 (or any amount) to a shelter or rescuebefore or on her birthday, January 17th — and give White "the movement she deserves." White, who passed away on December 31st, 2021, was known for her starring roles on The Golden Girls and Mary Tyler Moo...
The world's largest floating wind farm was approved to be built off the coast of the United Kingdom
Once completed, the floating wind farm will generate around 1GW of power — enough for around 927,400 homes in the UK. Called “Gwnt Glas” (“blue wind” in Welsh), the project is 20 times the size of the current largest floating wind farm in the world, Kincardine off the coast of Scotland. Floating wind farmsare a new technology, and have a lot of benefits, including providing jobs in coastal communities. Conventional offshore turbines are rooted into the sea bed, so the places they can be insta...
Doctors in four Canadian provinces were approved to begin prescribing a year-long pass to national parks
To help improve the mental and/or physical health of their patients, doctors in four Canadian provinces can now prescribe a year-long pass to national parks. Parks Canada announced they are now backing Canada's "national nature prescription program" known as PaRx — or A Prescription for Nature — which looks to get people into nature for a minimum of two hours per week. With Parks Canada's backing, around 1,000 health care professionals in the Canadian provinces...
Rihanna committed to giving $15 million to climate justice organizations in the U.S. and the Caribbean
You may have seen Rihanna's baby news (!!!) — but you may have missed this good news too... her foundation committed to giving$15 million to climate justice groups! The Clara Lionel Foundation, founded by Rihanna, announced it would be giving $15 million in grants to organizations focused on climate justice in the U.S. and the Caribbean. The funding is supported by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's #StartSmall initiative. "At the Clara Lionel Foundation, much of th...
A synagogue in Ukraine turned its basement into a bomb shelter for 'all people' looking for safety from air raids
A synagogue in the small town of Uman, Ukraine converted its basement into a temporary bombshelter open to anyone and everyone looking for a safe place to hide from Russian troops and air raids. "We invite all the people, all Ukrainians, all Hasidic people, doesn't matter who," Irina Rybnitskaya, a lawyer for the U.S.-owned foundation that runs the synagogue told CNN. "We prepare this place especially for them, in order to hide [when] there is [an] alarm." The...
World Central Kitchen showed up at the Ukraine-Poland border providing fresh-cooked meals to people arriving from Ukraine
When disaster is happening in the world, Chef José Andrés and World Central Kitchen are not far behind or far away. One day after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Chef Andrés shared a video to Twitterand said, “Like you, I am distraught watching Ukraine under attack. We must come together as a force for good!” That first night, they served “1,700 hot meals of chicken, rice & veggies”to the thousands of people crossing the border. And ever since, they’ve been partnering with local food t...
Since June 2020, Denver has been dispatching mental health teams on certain 911 calls – the program is so successful, they’re expanding it again
In June 2020, Denver announced its Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) program, which dispatches licensed mental health professionals instead of police for certain 911 calls. In its first year, the program was so successful, the city expanded it to include more vans and more response teams. Now, the Denver City Council has unanimously approved $1.4 million to expand the STAR program again — from 3 vans to hopefully 6 teams and 10 total response teams. Since it...
A new report found that if the current pace of wind and solar growth continues, the world will meet its climate targets
A new report from independent climate think tank Ember found that if the current pace of wind and solar power capacity growth continues through 2030, the world is on track to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. While some impacts are already unavoidable, the 1.5-degree target is what climate experts say warming needs to be limited to avoid many of the worst impacts of climate change globally. So this is really good news. Currently, Ember’s analysis found that the 10-year average comp...
Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed and will make history as the first Black woman ever to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination was confirmed by the Senate, and she will make history when she becomes the first-ever Black woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. Her historic confirmation marks a moment of long-overdue progress for representation in the judicial branch of the U.S. government. One of President Biden’s first judicial nominees, Judge Jackson was confirmed with bipartisan support to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in 2021. Prior to that, she w...
A team of engineers at Stanford developed solar panels that can generate electricity at night, too
A team of engineers at Stanford announced they've developed a solar cell for solar panels that can generate electricity at night, too. Standard solar panels can provide electricity while the sun is up during the day, and while installing a battery can help store electricity for use when the sun is down, panels that can generate electricity at night is even more efficient and sustainable. As NPR reports, the solar cell uses a thermoelectric generator, which can pull electricity from the small...
Google is now letting users limit ads about topics like pregnancy, dating, weight loss, and more
In December 2020, Google allowed users to limit ads related to alcohol and gambling — and now, users can also limit the ads they see about other sensitive topics like parenting, pregnancy, dating, and weight loss. “We conduct user surveys and try to understand what kinds of categories they are interested in us adding,” Karin Hennessy, Google’s group product manager for ads privacy told The Washington Post. “What came through at the very top was alcohol and gambling, so we provide...
For the first time ever, renewable sources met 100% of its electricity demand in California
For the first time ever, renewable electricity sources met 100% of California's energy demands. As the Desert Sun reports, on Saturday, April 30 at 2:45 p.m., energy demand statewide hit 18,672 megawatts. Of that demand, 101% of the power provided came from renewables, according to a continuous tracker provided by California Independent System Operator (CAISO) a nonprofit that oversees the state's bulk electric power system and transmission lines. Two-thirds of the 18,000 megawatts were provi...
After incarceration rates hit a 35-year low, Massachusetts is closing one of its two maximum security prisons.
Thanks to falling crime rates and sentencing reform, one of two maximum security prisons in Massachusetts is closing.State officials announced the prison would close over the next two years, saying the facility was too expensive to repair and a statewide effort to phase out solitary confinement. “Crime rates are decreasing, and prison populations are falling. That is due to years of hard work and an overarching recognition that we cannot jail our way to a safer society,” Antho...
To help individuals looking for a fresh start after prison, a St. Louis bakery only hires people with a criminal record
Five years into working at Farmington Correctional Center, chaplain Kalen McAllister began to notice a pattern. A few weeks before they were released, people would visit her office with a familiar refrain: “I don’t even want to get out because I won’t be able to get a job.” Ms. McAllister would offer support but soon realized counseling from inside the prison walls was only a partial solution. Change was needed outside, too. When she retired, she saw her opening: “On my way ou...
A new report found sales of gas-powered cars are in ‘permanent decline’ and likely peaked in 2017
Good progress for the clean energy transition: A report by industry analysts at BloombergNEF found that sales of non-plug-in, internal combustion-powered vehicles peaked in 2017and are now in "permanent decline." While the report found that in 2025, traditional gas-powered vehicles will still make up the majority of car sales — that same year, 20.6 million plug-in vehicles will be sold globally. That's about triple the projected 6.6 million that will be sold in 2022. “Most importantly, the ma...
Home to a bison range, the U.S. government returned 18,000 acres of undeveloped land in Montana to Native tribes
In the 1900s, 18,000 acres of undeveloped land in northwest Montana was taken by the U.S. Government without the consent of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. In 2020, Congress passed a lawthat would transition management of the land from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service back to the tribes, and in 2021, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed off on the law. A bison range is located on the acreage, and over the years, the herds have been depleted...
Stepping up their climate action, retirees and elders are marching on big banks to protest their fossil fuel investments
Third Act is a national climate justice organization and movement Bill McKibben launched last September inspiring elders to fight for a planet that is just, safe, and abundant for future generations. One of Third Act’scampaigns is Bug the Banks. The idea is to pressure the big four — Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, and Bank of America — to stop lending billions to corporations that build oil and gas pipelines and other fossil fuel-centric projects. And the elders are joining in the fig...
Google searches for ‘get a vasectomy’ in the U.S. reached an all-time high
In the days and months following both the leak of and the official release of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Google search queries for "get a vasectomy" (and other related searches) peaked and reached an all-time high. According to data from Google Trends, the search "get a vasectomy" reached its all-time "peak popularity" in June 2022 — almost double the last time the search term peaked, in September 2021. This Google Trends data is aligned...
Mattel unveiled the Jane Goodall Barbie, the first in its inspiring Women Series made with recycled ocean-bound plastics
Jane Goodall is one of the world's most celebrated primatologists and conservationists. You may know her from her groundbreaking research on chimpanzees and her lifelong commitment to chimpanzee protection and animal conservation as a whole through the Jane Goodall Institute. And now, she's a Barbie! Mattel, the toy-making company that creates Barbie, unveiled the Jane Goodall Barbie as part of its Inspiring Women Series— and the best part? It’s made of recycled ocean-bound plastics. In addit...
The Biden Administration announced it will plant 1 billion trees in the western U.S.
Good climate news! 🌳 A large-scale win for reforestation efforts, the Biden Administration announced its plans to plant over 1 billion new trees across millions of acres of burned and dead woodlands in the Western part of the U.S. Ecologists and foresters are battling the increasing brunt of wildfires and insect infestations, leaving the government overwhelmed by the need to plant new trees, as forests struggle to naturally regenerate. There’s a backlog of 4.1 million acres in need of replan...
Hawaii got it’s last-ever shipment of coal – its last coal plant is closing in September
Good climate news! The Governor of Hawaii announced that the state received its last-ever shipment of coal — Hawaii's last remaining coal plant is shutting down in September. This historic milestone is a part of Hawaii's 2014 pledge to get to 100% renewable energy by 2045 — becoming the first state to make a net zero pledge. In 2020, the state Senate banned the use of coal power on the islands, but even before that, the coal plant's owners announced the plant would be closed. While we celebra...
Breaking from fast fashion brands, Love Island UK 2022 was sponsored by eBay – all the contestants wore pre-loved clothing
The 2022 season of Love Island UK is sponsored by second-hand giant eBay. It’s a significant deviation from the fast fashion brands Love Island has partnered with to date — one of them dressed islanders in pieces viewers could buy in real-time via the Love Island app. This year, contestants dressed in pre-loved clothes chosen by celebrity stylist Amy Bannerman, who has worked with stars including Jonathan Van Ness, Lena Dunham, and Rita Ora.
France became the first country in the world to ban fossil fuel advertisements
First proposed in 2019, France just implemented a ban on all advertisements promoting coal and oil, becoming the first country in the world to do so. Beginning in June 2023, the ban will include advertisements for natural gas, too. Companies who violate the ban will be fined $100,000 for each instance and could pay double for repeated violations. While some environmentalists say the ban doesn't go far enough — fossil fuel companies will still be allowed to sponsor events, museums, etc. — the...
Mary Peltola made history as the first woman and Alaska Native elected to represent the state in Congress
For the first time in history, an Alaska Native will represent the state in Congress. In a special election using ranked-choice voting (!!), voters elected Yup’ik Alaska Native Mary Peltola. As Alaska Public Mediareports, Peltola is also the first woman to hold the state's singular seat in Congress. She has served 10 years in the state legislature, and will now complete the remainder of former Congressman Don Young's term, who passed away in March. She also says she's committed to se...
Organizations around the world are rebuilding mangrove forests in coastal areas where they’ve been destroyed
For coastal communities like those in the Bahamas, mangroves mean stability and protection. They’re a safe harbor for hundreds of creatures. And they help protect communities from threats associated with climate change, including worsening storms, rising sea levels, and erosion. They’re important for those living far from a coastline, too: Mangrove forests are an important tool in combatting climate change. Compared with other forests, the mangrove ecosystem (swipe to see it underwater!) has...
For more than a decade, John and Hank Green’s annual ‘Pizzamas’ fundraiser has helped raise millions for charity
Pizza John is back! It started with a bad mustache, became a piece of viral fan art, and has now been a community tradition for more than a decade. "Pizzamas" is an annual internet holiday celebrated by internet creators and authors Hank Green and John Green. Created organically with their fanbase, known as Nerdfighters, the two-week event is equal parts fundraiser and celebration of community. Each year, Hank and John partner with independent artists to design and sell a var...
North America’s first utility-scale renewable energy plant combining wind, solar, and storage opened in Oregon
We've seen clean energy with onsite storage before — but we’ve never seen it like this! A small town in Oregon just opened North America's first utility-scale "hybrid" wind-solar-battery renewable energy plant. It has the capacity to power 100,000 homes and when operating at maximum capacity, can produce over half the power that was generated by Oregon’s last coal plant, which was demolished in August. Since the facility can store energy onsite, it’s addressing a key challenge in the clean en...
The FDA approved a new drug to treat ALS that was funded by money raised in the Ice Bucket Challenge
Back in 2014, your social media feed was likely filled with people doing the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money to fight ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. 17 million people participated in the challenge, including celebrities, athletes, and politicians, and it raised over $115 million. A large portion of that money went to researching treatments for ALS — the first of which was just approved by the FDA. According to the ALS Association, $2.2 million of...
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