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Heidi Gulick
Best of June: Ireland ends coal power, the world’s largest marine protected area, violent crime plummets in the US
From huge new protected areas on land and at sea to the most important emotion for a feeling of meaning in life: here’s our recap of the most important constructive news and stories from the past month.
Plastic bag bans curb US shoreline litter, world-first climate change visa, most important emotion for meaningful life
Photo: Naja Bertolt Jensen / Unsplash (CC0 In Squirrel News today, […]
Offline meetups for young adults, game changing brain tumour test, penguin poop to mitigate climate change
In this edition, the Dutch-founded Offline Club offers spaces for young people to connect without smartphones, a new brain tumor test which takes just 90 minutes, and a new study shows that poop from penguins helps cloud formation for a potential cooling effect in the Antarctic.
Indigenous self-government in Colombia, world’s largest electric ship, Malaysia’s first monkey bridge
In today’s edition of Squirrel News, Colombia moves into a regional leadership role in indigenous rights with official recognition of the right to self-governance, a newly launched ship runs entirely on battery power and is four times bigger than its predecessors, and a bridge made from upcycled fire hoses makes a safe crossing for Dusky Langurs in Malaysia.
Litter on EU coastlines down by almost a third in five years
The European Environmental Agency (EEA) reports an overall decline of […]
