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Louisiana Parole Project29 Oct, 18:13
Louisiana's Parole Project placed 270 formerly incarcerated people in stable jobs, with just 3% reoffending versus a 33% statewide rate, and persuaded 80 of 132 employers to drop hiring barriers for people with convictions.
Dialogue Earth29 Oct, 14:45
The Tropical Forest Forever Facility turns one
Mongabay29 Oct, 13:42
Zambia’s edible insect tradition offers a potential boost to food security
graphic.com.gh29 Oct, 12:59
A Ghanaian company independently designed, built and connected a 50 MWp solar plant to the national grid without foreign technical support.
Waging Nonviolence29 Oct, 11:55
A North Carolina movement asks voters to reject corporate tax breaks
Mongabay29 Oct, 11:51
China’s record-breaking exports of clean tech are making a big dent in emissions, report says
Ember28 Oct, 21:04
49 of 56 countries tracked hit record electric vehicle sales shares in 2026, with EVs displacing 200 million barrels of oil and saving importers $20 billion since the Hormuz energy crisis began.
Our World in Data28 Oct, 20:00
How is life at different levels of GDP per capita?
Mongabay28 Oct, 18:47
Netherlands pledges $500 million to help conserve tropical forests
Gothamist28 Oct, 15:47
New York City started clearing a childcare waitlist of nearly 30,000 families, inviting the first 3,000 to reapply for vouchers covering the full cost of childcare.
fastcompany.com28 Oct, 10:50
Airbnb will direct 10 cents from every booking to Airbnb.org, aiming to provide 1 million free temporary stays a year for refugees and disaster survivors.
Next City28 Oct, 08:01
Selma Gave America Democracy. America Forgot To Invest Back.
bath.ac.uk27 Oct, 11:19
A two-year basic income trial gave 211 Indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon about £2 daily; food insecurity fell from 73% to 26% and 87% joined rainforest restoration efforts.
Next City27 Oct, 10:44
These Formerly Incarcerated Women Are Growing a Cooperative Economy in Chicago
Anthropocene Magazine27 Oct, 09:00
Less is more. So why does more feel greener? 9 studies probe the “sustainable additive bias”
worldbank.org27 Oct
Off-grid solar electricity access reached 149 million people worldwide, up 26% in two years, generating an estimated $28 billion in extra income and savings over 15 years.
Fix the News27 Oct, 06:04
After The End of Aid
Agência Brasil27 Oct, 05:03
Child labor in Brazil dropped 9.2% between 2024 and 2025.
Positive News27 Oct, 03:00
Cream of the crop: one brand’s quiet quest to reinvent the dairy industry
Canary Media26 Oct, 18:57
US electric vehicle sales are rising again, driven by high gasoline prices and automakers offering more and improved all-electric models.
Mongabay26 Oct, 16:20
A rare victory for multilateralism in the fight against environmental crime (commentary)
ECOticias.com26 Oct, 12:44
A 60 MW wind farm near Dakhla is being built to power a desalination plant producing 100 million litres of water daily for drinking and irrigating 5,000 hectares of farmland.
kenyanews.go.ke26 Oct, 11:33
A women-led factory in Homa Bay, Kenya produces sanitary pads at up to 60% lower cost, from 50 shillings a pack, aiming to reach 430,000 women and grow from 17 to over 200 workers.
Mongabay26 Oct, 07:09
Taiwan’s tea growers let nature take back control as climate pressures mount
The 19th23 Oct, 17:16
Give them a C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are unionizing
Tom's Hardware23 Oct, 12:10
Community opposition halted four planned Amazon data centers on a 122-acre Northern Virginia site, which will instead be rezoned for housing, with 25 acres donated for arts and recreation and $5m for county housing funds.
The 19th23 Oct, 06:00
The cost of leaving: Why some women are crowdfunding their divorces
Mongabay22 Oct, 06:44
‘A decision to decide’: Greenland moves to suspend seabed mining until 2029
Dexerto21 Oct, 22:05
Airbnb has introduced new rules barring hosts from requiring guests to do checkout chores such as washing dishes or doing laundry.
Our World in Data21 Oct, 20:00
No matter what poverty line you choose, the share of the global population below it has declined
Mongabay21 Oct, 09:34
Sustainable silvopasture is popular with US farmers despite waning financial supports
Next City21 Oct, 09:31
It Takes More Than a Slogan to Build a Village
High Country News21 Oct, 04:00
‘We come from people who work the land’
Good News Network20 Oct, 11:30
Isle of Jersey Expands Marine Protections to Cover 21% of Territorial Waters
theguardian.com20 Oct, 10:29
A pilot programme paying Amazon residents about £2 a day was linked to reduced deforestation, researchers found.
theguardian.com20 Oct, 08:16
Community 'fixit' clubs across the US are helping people repair belongings for free, saving money while building social connections.
thestar.com.my20 Oct
Global South countries spent $235 billion on Chinese clean energy technology since 2024, over half of worldwide solar, grid and cooling spending, while Chinese EV purchases rose from $6 billion in 2023 to $73.2 billion by August 2026.
fastcompany.com19 Oct, 11:28
Working mothers in the US are founding startups aimed at solving caregiving and family problems overlooked by government and big business.
BNN19 Oct
Quebec's Superior Court upheld the unionization of Amazon warehouse workers despite the facility's closure.
BBC19 Oct, 07:17
A gleaning group distributed £1m worth of surplus produce to food banks, rescuing crops that would otherwise go to waste.