9 Out Of Every 10 Cars Sold In Norway Last Year Was Electric
by Andy Corbley, Good News Network
Norway is on the cusp of bidding farewell to internal combustion vehicles forever now that the automotive transition in the country has reached highway speeds. Tax incentives and other perks like free parking, a diverse market of foreign and EU-made vehicles, and a vast charging network have steered almost all of the country’s national consumption towards electric vehicles. Setting a non-legislative and vague goal of phasing out fossil fuel cars back in 2017, the recent market data suggests that the goal is now well within reach for the Arctic country of 5.5 million.
‘The Love In The Air Is Thicker Than The Smoke’
by Michaela Haas, Reasons To Be Cheerful
Within 48 hours of her high school burning down and her family’s evacuation from Pasadena, 14-year-old Avery Colvert began building an impromptu “shopping center.” In a large white warehouse, she started stocking clothes for the teenage survivors of the Eaton Fire that scorched her neighborhood. Colvert and her stepdad, Matt Chait, quickly created an online platform, Altadena Girls, to solicit clothing donations. Soon, dozens of people were showing up with bags of shirts and shoes. Fueled by posts from Paris Hilton and Charli XCX, her warehouse is now a bustling community center where displaced teenage fire victims replace the clothes they’ve lost, free of charge.
Tribes, Green Groups Applaud Biden’s Creation Of New National Monuments
by Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to sign proclamations Tuesday establishing two new national monuments in California, a move the White House said will protect the environment and honor Indigenous peoples in a state where they suffered one of the worst genocides in the nation’s history. Biden’s creation of the Chuckwalla National Monument in the Colorado Desert and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument in the Cascade Range “will protect 848,000 acres of lands in California of scientific, cultural, ecological, and historical importance,” the White House said in a statement.
FDA Bans Red 3 Dye From The Nation’s Food Supply
by Jonel Aleccia, HuffPost
U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. Food and Drug Administration officials granted a 2022 petition filed by two dozen food safety and health advocates, who urged the agency to revoke authorization for the substance that gives some candies, snack cakes and maraschino cherries a bright red hue. The agency said it was taking the action as a “matter of law” because some studies have found that the dye caused cancer in lab rats.
How We Stood Up For Human Rights In 2024
by Angus Hervey, Amy Rose, Vedrana Koren, Olivia Boyd, Positive News
In a year when populists and authoritarians dominated the news cycle, there were still some bright spots for tolerance and equality. Democracy proved surprisingly resilient during a record year of elections, Thailand and Greece celebrated historic victories for their LGBTQ+ communities, while reproductive rights expanded globally with France leading the way. A landmark UN conference saw over 100 countries commit to ending violence against children, while sustained campaigns against child marriage and gender-based violence achieved big wins in Africa and Asia, and millions of stateless people moved closer to citizenship.
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