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To help you maintain some optimism about the future of our planet, I invite you to stop by here for a bite-sized piece of good news on climate change.

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Historic Settlement in Hawaii Climate Case

A group of youth climate activists have reached a settlement agreement with Hawaii, pursuant to which the state will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its transportation sector.

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Nature Restoration

The EU has approved the Nature Restoration Law, which sets legally binding targets for the restoration of degraded land and sea ecosystems.

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$900 Million for Clean School Buses

The U.S. government has announced the award of $900 million in funding for school districts across the country to replace diesel fueled buses with clean (mostly electric) school buses.

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Clean Energy Outpacing Fossil Fuel

Investments in clean energy are predicted by the International Energy Agency to be almost twice the amount of fossil fuel investments in 2024.

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Fossil Fuel Companies to Pay

Vermont has enacted a statute to require fossil fuel companies to pay the cost of recovery from the impacts of climate change and the cost of mitigating future impacts.

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Clean Cooking in Africa

$2.2 billion has been pledged to improve access in Africa to clean cooking equipment and fuels.

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Removing More Carbon Dioxide

A Swiss start-up, Climeworks, has begun operations at the world’s largest direct air capture facility, which it is building in Iceland.

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Proposed Reductions in Coal Mining

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has proposed making BLM-managed coal resources in the Powder River Basin unavailable for future leasing.

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Progress on the Power Grid

The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a new transmission rule, which aims to meet the country's growing demand for electricity in part and for the first time through long-term transmission planning.

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