All Points of Progress
Points of Progress: Building a recycled highway, and moreIn good news this week: California partnered with an聽engineering startup to pave a highway with recycled plastic 鈥� plus more positive stories.
Points of Progress: Technology improves water testing, and moreIn good news this week: A suitcase-sized water testing station could become an essential tool for developing countries 鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: New penguin colonies discovered, and moreIn good news this week: Satellite imagery has helped scientists locate a number of previously unknown penguin colonies 鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Esselen Tribe reclaims land, and moreIn good news this week: After closing a $4.5 million deal, the small tribe will regain control over ancestral territory 鈥� plus more positive stories.
Points of Progress: Urban rooftop farm bears fruit, and moreIn good news this week: The world鈥檚 largest urban rooftop farm is providing lettuce and strawberries thanks to aeroponic growing towers.
Points of Progress: Where women are seeing gains, globallyIn good news this week: There鈥檚 still work to be done, but women鈥檚 rights are making progress across the world. A look at some recent highlights.
Progress watch: Where dolphins get a second chance at lifeIn good news this week: Vermont bans food waste in trash, malnourishment declines in India, and Australia appoints its first聽Indigenous consul-general.
Points of Progress: Elk return to strip mining sites, and moreIn good news this week: As mining companies have retreated from Kentucky and ecosystems have recovered, elk have returned to the region.
Points of Progress: Fiji reefs restored with traditional knowledge, and moreIn good news this week: Fijians used ancient fishery management systems to help reefs recover after overfishing, plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Legal protections for LGBTQ employees, and moreIn good news this week: The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed legal protections for LGBTQ employees, and more.
Points of Progress: Argentina works to combat anti-Semitism, and moreIn good news this week: The country recently adopted new official language as part its efforts to address a history of聽anti-Semitic violence.
Points of Progress: Australian wildlife begins recovery, and moreIn good news this week: The Australian Reptile Park saw its first baby koala born since the country鈥檚 devastating fires聽鈥� and more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: US traffic deaths decline for third year, and moreIn good news this week: Public awareness efforts from traffic safety offices have led to another year with fewer driving deaths.
Points of Progress: Conservation projects bear fruit, and moreIn good news this week: Endangered amphibians may soon get a boost as scientists perfect conservation technologies, plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Global decline in deforestation, and moreIn good news this week: South America鈥檚 deforestation rates have declined and Europe and Asia are gaining trees 鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Portugal plans for a green future, and moreIn good news this week: A new hydrogen plant is one of many green-energy initiatives that Portugal is working on 鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Austria shuts down last coal-fired plant, and moreIn good news this week: As part of its plan to be fossil fuel-free by 2030, Austria closed its last coal-fired plant 鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Breakthrough in plastic recycling, and moreIn good news this week: A new enzyme that fully breaks down PET plastics could revolutionize the recycling industry, plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Hawaii鈥檚 state bird makes a comeback, and moreIn good news this week: A 60-year-long breeding program has ensured that nene populations are recovering in Hawaii 鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Ireland will ban certain tobacco products, and moreIn good news this week: Menthol and rolling tobacco will be banned in Ireland as the country adopts聽EU directives聽 鈥� plus聽more positive headlines.