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Over 500 billion disposable coffee cups are trashed everywhere. This 'seaweed cup' hopes to change that

Traditional cups contain plastic linings that make them difficult to recycle — so Notpla is using seaweed instead.

A woman looks to her side as she claps, an aerial view of grazing cattles under solar panels, actress Mariska Hargitay poses for the camera, a turtle perched on a log, and two people working in a field

Good News This Week: May 9, 2026 - Whales, Fountains, & Livestreams

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New study confirms that electric vehicles are already making the air cleaner

A new study from the Lancet Planetary Health journal confirms what scientists have long predicted.

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One night a year, volunteer crossing guards save the lives of Maine's wild frogs

The first warm, wet spring night sends frogs and salamanders from the forest, bearing fresh evidence of threats from warming winters, drying pools, and traffic.

A close-up of a green sea turtle covered in barnacles, laying on a light pink beach towel

Beachgoer finds sea turtle stranded, so covered in barnacles she couldn't move. See her amazing 9-month recovery

Kalani the green sea turtle was covered in barnacles, algae, and leeches. Experts at the Australian Seabird & Turtle Rescue brought her back from the brink.

A team of young women, and one man, smile around a small robot.

She was the first female CEO of an Afghan tech company. Now she teaches girls under Taliban rule in secret classrooms

Roya Mahboob has been making waves in Afghanistan for years, even from half a world away.

A trio of hikers, two women, one man, walk along a yellow flowered hill in Yellowstone National Park

New study: Most Americans, Republicans included, believe that saving the environment is 'worth the cost'

A recent study from the Pew Research Center found nonpartisan support for strengthening environmental laws.

Over half of US states are considering laws allowing balcony solar. It could save you hundreds every year

In Europe, plug-in solar installations have been legal for more than a decade.

An illustration of a South Asian woman, her husband, and son, in the video game "Venba"

In this cozy video game, you play as an immigrant mother, learning how to make her recipes

Venba pays homage to the developer’s heritage as the son of South Asian immigrants.

Turtles stacked on top of each other in a pond.

500 turtles saved from dying lake: 'There was so little water. They were stacked up as if they were on an elevator'

The university students were shocked when they explored the Outback and found five times as many turtles as they expected.

In a closeup, a smiling woman holds up a baby leatherback turtle on a beach at night.

Woman travels the world to see all 7 species of sea turtle — and help save them along the way

A Canadian mother of two discovered a new passion in 2020: protecting sea turtles.

A group of people in orange jumpsuits walking in a line on a sidewalk

Why one Pennsylvania jail gives inmates a cash deposit every month

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is experimenting with a policy that has drawn national attention and local skepticism: providing cash compensation to incarcerated people.