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Good News This Week: June 20, 2026 - Sharks, Groceries, & Girl Dads

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Heat pumps offer energy-efficient heating and cooling. Window-mounted units are making them even more affordable

Heating and cooling buildings consumes 35% of all the energy used in the United States each year. Electric-powered heat pumps could be revolutionary.

Proposed data centers would cover 14% of this Pennsylvania town. Locals are fighting back

Residents of Archbald, Pennsylvania are creating the blueprint for how to protecting communities from the noise, heat, and utility costs of massive data centers.

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Good News This Week: June 13, 2026 - Bees, Mangroves, & Pride Parades

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A 69,220-square-foot data center could be built next to the Nashville Zoo. Brad Paisley wants to stop it

The country star spoke out on social media, urging followers to sign a petition against the development.

A photo collage of a person's arm with a needle taped over it for blood donation, a 3D-printed apartment complex, two girls laugh in front of LEGO building blocks, the front of a house, and a crowd of protestors holding up signs against data centers

Good News This Week: June 6, 2026 - Bees, Turtles, & Apartments

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An innovative backpack aims to save farmworkers from extreme heat. It only costs $20

A nurse and professor borrowed the idea from the military – and now it’s being tested in North Carolina’s scorching fields.

A boat photographed from a distance, on the water, called El Escudo

A boat trip can emit the same carbon as an 186-mile road trip. So this captain made his whale-watching boat emission-free

Captain Dan Salas of Harbor Breeze Cruises has been working on the project for five years.

A Thai woman with a high bun sits astride a motorcycle. Beside her is a blue motorcycle helmet with a bump to accomodate buns.

It's tradition for married Thai women to sport high buns. These 'bun helmets' accommodate their hair without compromising their safety

For too long, married Thai women had to choose between safety or tradition — because there wasn’t a helmet that accommodated high buns.

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Tech & Innovation Good News

Stories About Using Technology and Innovation To Make a Difference

Good News This Week: June 20, 2026 - Sharks, Groceries, & Girl Dads

Heat pumps offer energy-efficient heating and cooling. Window-mounted units are making them even more affordable

Proposed data centers would cover 14% of this Pennsylvania town. Locals are fighting back

Good News This Week: June 13, 2026 - Bees, Mangroves, & Pride Parades

A 69,220-square-foot data center could be built next to the Nashville Zoo. Brad Paisley wants to stop it

Good News This Week: June 6, 2026 - Bees, Turtles, & Apartments

An innovative backpack aims to save farmworkers from extreme heat. It only costs $20

A boat trip can emit the same carbon as an 186-mile road trip. So this captain made his whale-watching boat emission-free

It's tradition for married Thai women to sport high buns. These 'bun helmets' accommodate their hair without compromising their safety

Good News This Week: May 23, 2026 - Puffins, Teabags, & Jaguars

Meet Splash, the country's first 'search and recovery' otter, who can find missing people underwater

Good News This Week: May 16, 2026 - Doulas, Elephants, & Libraries

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