Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. LeVar Burton will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the new children’s Emmys. – Source
2. Gay marriage is now legal somewhere on every continent as a couple LEGALLY weds in British Antarctic Territory. – Source
3. Lottery winner who gave away half of £115m fortune ‘addicted’ to helping. – Source
4. Biden announces the First Pardons of his Presidency — The president said he will grant 75 commutations and three pardons for people charged with low-level drug offenses or nonviolent crimes. – Source
5. Native American students can now attend U. of California tuition-free. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Plastic-eating enzymes could eliminate billions of tons of landfill waste. – Source
7. NAU to provide a tuition-free college education for Arizona residents with household incomes at or below $65,000. – Source
8. Google gives Europe a ‘reject all’ button for tracking cookies after fines from watchdogs. – Source
9. California is 100 percent powered by renewables for the first time. – Source
10. The growing number of European countries say they have enough energy to stop relying on Russia. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. The US generated a record 18% of its electricity from wind and solar in March. – Source
12. US Army replaces the cake it stole from an Italian girl in 1945. – Source
13. Jack Petocz, the hS jr who fought against book bans & organized students across Florida to protest The Don’t Say Gay Bill, will be honored with the PEN/Benenson Freedom of Expression Courage Award. This Award is Devoted to exceptional acts of courage in the exercise of freedom of expression. – Source
14. China plans to build 150 new nuclear reactors, preventing 1.5 Billion tons of Carbon from being produced each year. – Source
15. Former Alabama woman starts LGBTQIA+ affirming religion in wake of anti-trans laws. – Source
