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DATE: May 10, 2025 at 04:26PM
SOURCE: GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG

TITLE: From the Water-Wasting Ice Bucket Challenge Comes Pipelines Built in Nepal So Families Don’t Have to Haul Water

URL: goodnewsnetwork.org/from-the-w

A Scotsman, after living many years in Nepal, decided to transform the spirit of the Ice Bucket Challenge into something truly impactful—building water pipelines for remote villages. And, thanks to his efforts, over 112 families now have direct access to drinking water. Ian Bent was in the village of Bimiri since 2014 discussing the lack […]

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Good News Network · From the Water-Wasting Ice Bucket Challenge Comes Pipelines Built in Nepal So Families Don’t Have to Haul WaterA Scotsman transformed the spirit of the Ice Bucket Challenge into a truly impactful program—new water pipelines for remote Nepal villages.

DATE: May 10, 2025 at 09:43AM
SOURCE: GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG

TITLE: Okra and Fenugreek Extracts Safely Remove Microplastics From Water in New Texas Research

URL: goodnewsnetwork.org/okra-and-f

The substances behind the slimy strings from okra and the gel from fenugreek seeds could trap microplastics better than a commonly used synthetic polymer. Texas researchers proposed in 2022 using these sticky natural polymers to clean up water. Now, they’ve found that okra and/or fenugreek extracts attracted and removed up to 90% of microplastics from ocean […]

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Good News Network · Okra and Fenugreek Extracts Safely Remove Microplastics From Water in New Texas ResearchThe slimy strings from okra and the gel from fenugreek seeds can trap microplastics better than the slightly-toxic synthetic polymer in use.

DATE: May 10, 2025 at 03:00AM
SOURCE: GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG

TITLE: Good News in History, May 10

URL: goodnewsnetwork.org/events0605

Happy 65th Birthday to Bono, the singer-songwriter of U2. With his rose-colored glasses, the businessman and philanthropist (in the ONE Campaign, Product RED, and The Global Fund) has dedicated more than 20 years to eradicating global poverty—especially south of the equator in Africa—and has worked with most US presidents going back to Bill Clinton to achieve […]

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Good News Network · Happy 60th Birthday to the Do-Good Rock Star With Rose-Colored Glasses – Bono! (Catch Up With Him in Lockdown)A daily column that features all the good news, anniversaries and notable birthdays from this day in history—May 10.

DATE: May 09, 2025 at 02:30PM
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TITLE: New Caledonia Bans ‘Dangerous’ Seabed Mining for Half a Century in the South Pacific

URL: goodnewsnetwork.org/new-caledo

The Pacific island territory of New Caledonia has announced a moratorium on seabed mining for nickel across 1.3 million square kilometers of ocean. The rare and sweeping move places the French territory among the most restrictive in the world in terms of seabed extraction, and should enable the protection of roughly one-third of the world’s […]

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Good News Network · New Caledonia Bans 'Dangerous' Seabed Mining for Half a Century in the South PacificOnly 1.5% of coral habitat in the world is considered pristine, so the protection of the seabed is one of the most robust measures possible.

DATE: May 09, 2025 at 11:30AM
SOURCE: GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG

TITLE: China’s Dying EV Batteries and Solar Cells Are Powering a Circular Economy Worth $38 Billion per Year

URL: goodnewsnetwork.org/chinas-dyi

China has always placed importance on self-sufficiency, and now the world’s largest consumer of industrial metals is digging mines into its own waste streams. The largest producer of solar panels, batteries, and EVs, Chinese businesses are seeing in these valuable products equally valuable opportunities for recycling and revenue. The China Resources Recycling Group, created by […]

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Good News Network · China’s Dying EV Batteries and Solar Cells Are Powering a Circular Economy Worth $38 Billion per YearHenan Hairui Intelligent Technology, has 70% of its productive capacity dedicated to making machines that recycle batteries and solar panels.

DATE: May 09, 2025 at 09:00AM
SOURCE: GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG

TITLE: The First American Pope is Chosen: a Missionary and Villanova Graduate From Chicago is Now ‘Leo XIV’

URL: goodnewsnetwork.org/leo-xiv-th

After a conclave of merely two days—a shock in itself—a far greater shock emerged when the white smoke billowing out into the skies over Vatican City heralded the election of the first American ever to hold the papacy. Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, holds in his hands the keys to the kingdom of Catholics as […]

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Good News Network · The First American Pope is Chosen: a Missionary and Villanova Graduate From Chicago is Now ‘Leo XIV’Multiple news outlets report that it's expected Prevost will carry on much of Francis' work and reforms as well as forging his own path.

Die „Stinknormalen Superhelden" haben einen mächtigen Gegner: den Müll. Seit 13 Jahren kämpft der Verein aus Rathenow mit Müllsäcken und Greifzangen gegen den Abfall im Havelland. Was sie dabei so besonders macht, sind ihre schrill-bunten Kostüme und die kreativen Aktionen.
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DeutschlandfunkVermüllte Straßen: Ein Fall für die "stinknormalen Superhelden"Der ehrenamtliche Verein "Stinknomale Superhelden" hält in Rathenow in Brandenburg die Straßen sauber - stilecht mit schrillen Kostümen.