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Closing A Loophole
A loophole is closed in a new gun safety bill.
A Noble Nobel Sale ๐ฅ
A medal is sold at a record-breaking price and benefitting an excellent cause.
Robot Companions ๐ค
A new program is trying to deal with loneliness among older folks.
UPS Goes Green (Again!) ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐
UPS has a neato pilot program in NYC
๐ธ272k๐ธ Grilled Cheese
A traded grilled cheese turns out to be an excellent investment.
Tortoise Mysterious ๐ฎ
A mystery is solved!
Iditarod Dog Lost and Found
A dog with a job + a dog reunited with its family?! That's good news!
Mr. Trash Wheel, Repeat
From the archive, a trash barge gets a lot of local love. Mr. Trash Wheel was just a stop in a paddling event and there is a great t-shirt to commemorate!
4 Day For Real
Work is changing - 80% the time, 100% the pay!
Search and Rescue Rat
A new rat, a new skill- hero rats are here to save the day!
HUGE Plant
A new champ is crowned- go grass go!
Recycled Vanilla, Repeat
From the archive, recycled plastic output might just be... tasty?
Trash Talkin', Repeat
An oldy with some updates: turbine blades are getting ground up and used in cement! A recycling facility in MO has ground up almost 2000 and is on track to recycle 250 more a month! And those sunglasses sold out and funded cleaning up 500,000 football fields worth of ocean cleaning!
Water From Thin (Dry) Air
New tech that grabs water from... all around us!
Paper Ketchup (Catsup?) Bottles (Bottels?)
A megacorp is experimenting with new packaging for a summer staple!
Lake Tahoe Spring Cleaning
Cleaning a lake requires special equipment... SCUBA CLEANERS!
Prancer the Demon Doggy, Repeat
A delightful tail/tale about a pup adoption- still a great Instagram presence too!
SPOILER ALERT: Eurovision 2022 Winners!
We're big fans of the Eurovision song contest on TGNP and the winners this year are great news.
Moon Farmin'
Experiments in moon dirt have made a major breakthrough!
Internet4More
Internet access is about to become more accessible to more people in the US- that's good news!
Nationale Bijentelling, Repeat
The Netherlands held their bee census just recently, and I wanted to replay this episode. Numbers are down this year, but it seems likely that it was the wind that kept bees grounded and counters inside!
Loons in Love
Two loons celebrate a very special anniversary. ๐
Happy, Healthy, and Helpful
Oxytocin can get pumped up by helping others and help us live longer too!
Salty Sticks ๐ฅข
Futuristic chopsticks can help us eat less salt in the future.
The Soap Saver ๐งผ
A non-profit attempts to solve a problem that has always driven me a bit nuts.
Where Did Dexter Go?
A cat takes a journey by ship and helicopter- wild stuff!
An Antarctic Wedding
A first for same-sex weddings and geography! ๐โ
Awesome Acequias
An old-timey technology is getting spiffed up for modern use!
The Oreometer
Let's go down the Oreo cream rabbit hole!
Extinction Excitment
A bird and a bud make surprise appearances.