Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. Over 45 dogs saved from overcrowded Texas shelters and flown to forever homes in Oregon. – Source
2. Trials begin on a lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel. – Source
3. Amazon to stop testing many employees for marijuana, and will lobby for federal legalization. – Source
4. Kenya Covid-19 relief India: Kenya donates 12 tonnes of food products to India. – Source
5. Covid deaths ravaged this Native American tribe. Now, 98% of eligible citizens are vaccinated. Vaccination efforts have been so successful for the Blackfeet Nation in Montana that it shared surplus doses with Canada and will help vaccinate tourists visiting Glacier National Park. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Lithium is a vital element in the batteries that power electric vehicles, but soaring lithium demand is expected to exhaust land-based reserves by 2080. KAUST researchers have now developed an economically viable system that can extract high-purity lithium from seawater. – Source
7. Biden suspends drilling leases in Arctic National Wildlife refuge. The decision blocks, for now, oil and gas drilling in one of the largest tracts of undeveloped wilderness in the United States. – Source
8. Google to let Android users opt-out of ad tracking, following Apple. – Source
9. UK Blood Service to start accepting blood donations from people in the LGBT Community. – Source
10. Lancaster, California, spent $11.5m creating a pedestrian-friendly downtown. In just 4 years, it attracted $130m private investment, doubled its downtown tax revenue, created 48 new businesses and 800 new jobs, and road injuries decreased by two-thirds. Cities are for people. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. Vaccination rates are going back up thanks to the teens. – Source
12. Male teachers in Spain wear skirts to support children against homophobic slurs. – Source
13. A pandemic upside: The flu virus became less diverse, simplifying the task of making flu shots. – Source
14. West Papua revokes a quarter of a million hectares of land from palm oil. – Source
15. 94-year-old Alabama grandma gets High School Diploma after 79 years. When she was 16, she dropped out of high school so that her husband could fight in WWII. – Source
