Guinea Worm Disease Reaches All-Time Low: Only 10 Human Cases Reported In 2025
by Andy Corbley, Good News Network
Only 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, bringing the ancient disease closer than ever to eradication. Poised to be only the second human disease eradicated after smallpox, the 10 Guinea worm cases mark a 33% decline from the 15 cases reported in 2024. Shared in a statement from the Carter Center, the historic number follows the one-year anniversary of the passing of former US President Jimmy Carter who campaigned tirelessly to achieve this outcome, and in the 40th year since he began to do so.
Largest US Renewable Project Begins Generating Electricity
by Benjamin Storrow, E & E News
The largest renewable energy project ever built in the United States has begun generating electricity, putting a two-decade push to deliver wind power generated in New Mexico to consumers in California on the cusp of completion. SunZia Wind has begun testing its 916 turbines as it nears the start of commercial operations later this quarter, according to a person familiar with the project. The impact is already evident: California broke its record for wind generation eight times in the last four weeks, according to Grid Status, a website that tracks power flows.
Man Gathers Up Family Acres- Home To Moose And Mountain Lion– And Returns Them To Indian Tribe
by Andy Corbley, Good News Network
Early in May, GNN reported how Australia and USA citizens have amassed 85 million acres of private land specifically for conservation. From the Spokesman-Review comes the story of a man in Washington state who’s about to make it 85,000,885 by donating his own patch to the Kalispel Indian Tribe. Having spent his whole working life in urbanity with the Social Security Administration, Gary Verbrugge longed for the natural world he remembered from his youth, where he lived on land that was bought by his relatives after moving from Iowa in the early 20th century.
Montana Tribes Combine Traditional Knowledge And Western Science In Climate Plan
by Ellis Juhlin, NPR
On a crisp April morning, Mike Durglo Jr. stood on a hillside overlooking a stretch of the 1.2-million-acre Flathead Indian Reservation — the home of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. He pointed out the mountains where his father taught him how to track deer, and then to a peak in the distance where a lone whitebark pine stands against the snow. He calls the tree Ilawya: “It means my great, great, great, grandparent,” he said, explaining how the massive, ancient tree represents resilience in the face of change.
Knicks Donating Hundreds Of NBA Finals Tickets To Underprivileged Fans In City
by Kurt Helin, NBC Sports
The New York Knicks are back in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999, and the insane prices for NBA Finals tickets for Games 3 and 4 in New York’s Madison Square Garden are their own story. Presale tickets started at nearly $2,000 and went up from there, and on the resale market, tickets are going for as much as $85,000 right now. The demand is that high. Which is why the Knicks are donating 250 free tickets to underprivileged youth for each Finals game, through the team’s Garden of Dreams Foundation.
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