Whoa 🤯 in Slow-Mo
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Progress is happening every day, just not always with fireworks 🎉 or trending hashtags #️⃣. It's like the slow-cooker version: steady, quiet, but cooking up something good. So if the world looks like eww 🤮, it’s really more like whoa 🤯, but in slow-mo.
According to the Energy Information Administration, 🇺🇸 US electricity is expected to keep growing through 2027, with #wind and #solar’s share rising, especially for solar. On the other hand, #FossilFuels like natural gas and coal slowly lose ground in the mix 🌬️🌞⚡️.
Solar power generation drives electricity generation growth over the next two years - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
www.eia.gov
January 29, 2026 at 11:59 PM
According to the Energy Information Administration, 🇺🇸 US electricity is expected to keep growing through 2027, with #wind and #solar’s share rising, especially for solar. On the other hand, #FossilFuels like natural gas and coal slowly lose ground in the mix 🌬️🌞⚡️.
#Solar power grew fast in 2025 and, thanks to big gains in #panels and #batteries, it supplied about 61 % of the increase in 🇺🇸 US electricity demand. Overall power needs jumped, showing how much the grid is relying on the sun’s energy 🌞⚡
US electricity demand surged in 2025 – solar handled 61% of it
Solar supplied 61% of US electricity demand growth in 2025, as rising power needs were met largely by record solar and batteries.
electrek.co
January 29, 2026 at 11:52 PM
#Solar power grew fast in 2025 and, thanks to big gains in #panels and #batteries, it supplied about 61 % of the increase in 🇺🇸 US electricity demand. Overall power needs jumped, showing how much the grid is relying on the sun’s energy 🌞⚡
The #UK 🇬🇧 government has announced a big new “ #WarmHomesPlan”.
The plan aims to spend billions to help homes 🏡 install things like #solar panels and better heating, aiming to cut energy bills, reduce emissions and fight #ClimateChange ⚡️💡
The plan aims to spend billions to help homes 🏡 install things like #solar panels and better heating, aiming to cut energy bills, reduce emissions and fight #ClimateChange ⚡️💡
UK households to get £15bn for solar and green tech to lower energy bills
The government has announced the details of its long-awaited Warm Homes Plan which promises to cut energy bills.
www.bbc.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:57 PM
The #UK 🇬🇧 government has announced a big new “ #WarmHomesPlan”.
The plan aims to spend billions to help homes 🏡 install things like #solar panels and better heating, aiming to cut energy bills, reduce emissions and fight #ClimateChange ⚡️💡
The plan aims to spend billions to help homes 🏡 install things like #solar panels and better heating, aiming to cut energy bills, reduce emissions and fight #ClimateChange ⚡️💡
The world just put into effect a first-ever treaty to protect huge parts of the open ocean from #overfishing, #deep-sea-mining, #pollution and climate change 🌊🐠. Countries now have to work together to make marine protected areas and better guard these waters that help fight #ClimateChange 🌍.
Things to know about the High Seas Treaty as it takes effect
The world’s first legally binding agreement to protect marine life in international waters takes effect Saturday.
apnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:54 PM
The world just put into effect a first-ever treaty to protect huge parts of the open ocean from #overfishing, #deep-sea-mining, #pollution and climate change 🌊🐠. Countries now have to work together to make marine protected areas and better guard these waters that help fight #ClimateChange 🌍.
Researchers at #Stanford built an AI called #SleepFM that can look at the detailed signals from just one night of sleep 😴. They use them to estimate a person’s future risk of over 100 different diseases like heart problems, #dementia, #cancer, and more, from thousands of hours of sleep data 🧠❤️.
A Single Night's Sleep Could Predict Your Risk For More Than 100 Diseases
A unique AI model developed by Stanford University researchers and their colleagues could one day be used to predict your risk of more than 100 health conditions, without you even needing to be awake.
www.sciencealert.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:31 AM
The new #AfricaSolarOutlook 2026 report says 2025 was a big turning point for solar in #Africa. There were record installations, more local manufacturing kicking off and much more solar being used than initially thought. #EnergyStorage is starting to solve the “sun doesn’t always shine” problem 🌞🔋.
Africa’s Solar Revolution Hits Critical Turning Point in 2025: Africa Solar Outlook 2026
Report analyses 2026 African solar market, detailing the transition from energy importation to local manufacturing, highlighting role of BESS in solving intermittency.
www.saurenergy.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:16 AM
The new #AfricaSolarOutlook 2026 report says 2025 was a big turning point for solar in #Africa. There were record installations, more local manufacturing kicking off and much more solar being used than initially thought. #EnergyStorage is starting to solve the “sun doesn’t always shine” problem 🌞🔋.
A tiny #Caribbean island called #PricklyPearEast went from having no #iguanas to being a booming safe spot where hundreds of the critically endangered iguanas are now thriving. That's thanks to a wildlife rescue and breeding effort 🦎🌴. Focused conservation can really pay off for nature 🧬💚.
The tiny island where iguanas on brink of extinction are thriving
Experts say saving the rare iguanas is important to maintain biodiversity
www.independent.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 4:53 AM
A tiny #Caribbean island called #PricklyPearEast went from having no #iguanas to being a booming safe spot where hundreds of the critically endangered iguanas are now thriving. That's thanks to a wildlife rescue and breeding effort 🦎🌴. Focused conservation can really pay off for nature 🧬💚.
For the third year in a row, college #students at many universities are reporting lower rates of #depression and suicidal thoughts. It shows a steady improvement in their overall mental health trends 📉🧠🎓
For the third year in a row, college students report lower rates of depression and suicidal thoughts
“These sustained reductions tell me this is not a blip,” one researcher said.
www.goodgoodgood.co
January 23, 2026 at 12:40 PM
For the third year in a row, college #students at many universities are reporting lower rates of #depression and suicidal thoughts. It shows a steady improvement in their overall mental health trends 📉🧠🎓
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan just turned on its first big #solar power plant that can make clean energy for a small city and cut about 120,000 tons of #CO2 a year. It's helping the country move toward greener power and less pollution 🌞⚡
First Solar Power Plant in Kyrgyzstan Will Save 120,000 Tons of Carbon Emissions Every Year
The 100MW installation will generate 210 million kWh of clean electricity annually, and represented one of the largest foreign investments.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
January 23, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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6 ways you can save on your home energy bill using low-budget insulation foil
Take #ClimateAction at the same time
--> loft hatch, hot water tank & more!
Watch ▶️ youtu.be/9PlbYRNqVj4
PL RP! Thank you!🩷💚💙
#climate #ClimateChange #environment #hope #cleanenergy #EndFossilFuels #energy #Klima
6 ways of saving money on energy bills using low-budget insulation foil
YouTube video by My Zero Carbon
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January 12, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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6 ways you can save on your home energy bill using low-budget insulation foil
Take #ClimateAction at the same time
--> loft hatch, hot water tank & more!
Watch ▶️ youtu.be/9PlbYRNqVj4
PL RP! Thank you!🩷💚💙
#climate #ClimateChange #environment #hope #cleanenergy #EndFossilFuels #energy #Klima
6 ways you can save on your home energy bill using low-budget insulation foil
Take #ClimateAction at the same time
--> loft hatch, hot water tank & more!
Watch ▶️ youtu.be/9PlbYRNqVj4
PL RP! Thank you!🩷💚💙
#climate #ClimateChange #environment #hope #cleanenergy #EndFossilFuels #energy #Klima
#Sodium-ion batteries are starting to hit the market. 🇺🇸 US company #Unigrid begins big-scale deliveries. Also, 🇪🇺 European firms #Altris and #Draslovka build the continent’s first supply chain, showing this cheaper, #lithium-alternative tech is gaining real momentum in 2026 ⚡🔋.
Sodium-ion batteries gain momentum: Unigrid launches commercial deliveries as Altris, Draslovka forge Europe’s first supply chain
With lithium prices reaching a two-year high in early 2026, sodium-ion batteries are once again in the spotlight, as innovators on both sides of the Atlantic announce major milestones.
www.pv-magazine.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:26 PM
#Sodium-ion batteries are starting to hit the market. 🇺🇸 US company #Unigrid begins big-scale deliveries. Also, 🇪🇺 European firms #Altris and #Draslovka build the continent’s first supply chain, showing this cheaper, #lithium-alternative tech is gaining real momentum in 2026 ⚡🔋.
🗽 #NewYorkCity just hit a major milestone 🎉 with the lowest number of shootings ever 📉 . That's 688 total in 2025 , murders fell by 20.2% year over year ⬇️⚠️, and major crime dropped 3% overall 👍, showing the city is getting safer bit by bit 👮♂️.
#HomicideDecline
#SaferCity
#HomicideDecline
#SaferCity
NYC had the lowest number of shootings in its history last year, NYPD Commissioner Tisch says
Gov. Kathy Hochul, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch are hailing an historic drop in shootings last year.
www.cbsnews.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:44 PM
🗽 #NewYorkCity just hit a major milestone 🎉 with the lowest number of shootings ever 📉 . That's 688 total in 2025 , murders fell by 20.2% year over year ⬇️⚠️, and major crime dropped 3% overall 👍, showing the city is getting safer bit by bit 👮♂️.
#HomicideDecline
#SaferCity
#HomicideDecline
#SaferCity
#SouthKorea 🐻🇰🇷 has ended #bear-bile-farming, formally banning the breeding, possession, and bile extraction of #bears under strengthened animal welfare laws ⚖️🐾. The decision follows a 2022 agreement 🤝 between the government, farmers, and animal rights groups 🧑🌾🗳️❤️.
South Korea will end breeding of bears and extraction of their bile | CNN
South Korea said it will formally end its dwindling yet much-criticized bear bile farming industry this week, though about 200 bears are still kept in pens and raised for their gallbladders.
edition.cnn.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:03 AM
#SouthKorea 🐻🇰🇷 has ended #bear-bile-farming, formally banning the breeding, possession, and bile extraction of #bears under strengthened animal welfare laws ⚖️🐾. The decision follows a 2022 agreement 🤝 between the government, farmers, and animal rights groups 🧑🌾🗳️❤️.
🇨🇳 Chinese scientists 🔬 have created a hybrid #rice variety that reproduces by cloning its seeds, locking in #high-yield traits 🌱 across generations without the need for annual repurchasing 💸❌. This breakthrough tackles the main constraint limiting hybrid rice adoption, like low-income regions 🤝.
China creates world’s first clone-hybrid rice that could double global output
Team developed 6 apomictic rice varieties tested over multiple generations in Hainan and Zhejiang provinces.
www.scmp.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:01 AM
🇨🇳 Chinese scientists 🔬 have created a hybrid #rice variety that reproduces by cloning its seeds, locking in #high-yield traits 🌱 across generations without the need for annual repurchasing 💸❌. This breakthrough tackles the main constraint limiting hybrid rice adoption, like low-income regions 🤝.
🇺🇸 The #USCongress has overturned Trump’s proposed 22% cut to federal science spending 🧪📉, rejecting what would have been the steepest reduction since World War II . 🚀 #NASA is breathing a sigh of relief 😮💨 spared a 75% cut in science funding, key projects and missions continue moving forward 🔭🛰️ 🌌.
Congress Is Rejecting Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:08 PM
🇺🇸 The #USCongress has overturned Trump’s proposed 22% cut to federal science spending 🧪📉, rejecting what would have been the steepest reduction since World War II . 🚀 #NASA is breathing a sigh of relief 😮💨 spared a 75% cut in science funding, key projects and missions continue moving forward 🔭🛰️ 🌌.
🌍 Global seaborne #coal exports fell 5% in 2025, marking the first annual decline since 2020 📉, driven mainly by lower imports across Asia 🌏.
🇨🇳 #China cut thermal coal imports by 12% as clean power surged ⚡🌱, while 🇮🇳 #India’s imports fell by 3% , indicating that global coal trade has peaked ⛏️.
🇨🇳 #China cut thermal coal imports by 12% as clean power surged ⚡🌱, while 🇮🇳 #India’s imports fell by 3% , indicating that global coal trade has peaked ⛏️.
Global coal exports post rare decline in 2025 on China cuts
Global shipments of thermal coal - burned in power stations - have posted their first annual decline since 2020 on the back of lower coal-fired power generation in key Asian markets.
www.reuters.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Global vaccine development has transformed from trial-and-error discovery into precision engineering 🧬✨. As Dattani explains, breakthroughs in #microscopy 🔬, #cell-culture 🧫, #genomics 🧠 and #mRNA platforms 💉 allow scientists to design vaccines almost atom by atom ⚛️ and develop them in of weeks ⏱️.
The golden age of vaccine development - Works in Progress Magazine
The first vaccine was a lucky accident. Now we can design new vaccines in weeks, atom by atom.
worksinprogress.co
January 18, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Global vaccine development has transformed from trial-and-error discovery into precision engineering 🧬✨. As Dattani explains, breakthroughs in #microscopy 🔬, #cell-culture 🧫, #genomics 🧠 and #mRNA platforms 💉 allow scientists to design vaccines almost atom by atom ⚛️ and develop them in of weeks ⏱️.
#Iraq is ‘unrecognisable and remarkable’ after years of conflict ✨🇮🇶 . According to the #UN 🌍, the country has emerged from two decades of conflict into a more #stable phase 🕊️. Poverty has fallen to 17.5% 📉 and security has improved 🔐 enabling about 5M internally displaced people to return home 🏠🤝.
Iraq ‘unrecognisable and remarkable’ after years of conflict: UN coordinator
Some two decades after a shaky political transition, Iraq today is a country “at peace, with increased security and a clear determination to win the battle of development,” says the UN resident coordi...
news.un.org
January 18, 2026 at 1:24 PM
#Iraq is ‘unrecognisable and remarkable’ after years of conflict ✨🇮🇶 . According to the #UN 🌍, the country has emerged from two decades of conflict into a more #stable phase 🕊️. Poverty has fallen to 17.5% 📉 and security has improved 🔐 enabling about 5M internally displaced people to return home 🏠🤝.
🌍✨ The #WHO has just released new data showing that the number of people exposed to #trachoma worldwide has fallen below 100 million, down from over 1.5 billion in 2002 📉, signaling an extraordinary reduction in the world’s leading infectious cause of #blindness 👁️🚫.
Global population requiring interventions against trachoma falls below 100 million for the first time
The number of people requiring interventions against trachoma, the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, has fallen below 100 million for the first time since global records began.
www.who.int
January 18, 2026 at 1:53 AM
🌍✨ The #WHO has just released new data showing that the number of people exposed to #trachoma worldwide has fallen below 100 million, down from over 1.5 billion in 2002 📉, signaling an extraordinary reduction in the world’s leading infectious cause of #blindness 👁️🚫.
Illinois’ growing #solar industry in 2025 means lots of new jobs and training programs that are drawing young people into #renewable-energy careers like panel installation and electrical work 🌞👷♀️👷♂️. Among other things, the state’s policies have made it a top place for solar growth ⚡️🌱.
Illinois’ booming solar sector entices young job seekers
Thanks to strong state policy, Illinois is a leader on solar installations. That’s creating a lot of job opportunities — and young people are taking…
www.canarymedia.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Illinois’ growing #solar industry in 2025 means lots of new jobs and training programs that are drawing young people into #renewable-energy careers like panel installation and electrical work 🌞👷♀️👷♂️. Among other things, the state’s policies have made it a top place for solar growth ⚡️🌱.
🏠 An 18-year-old engineering student from Ontario 🇨🇦 designed a quick-to-assemble #ModularHome to help with the #homelessness crisis. He plans to live in it for a year to test and refine it before trying to scale the idea ✨📆.
18-year-old student builds modular home designed to 'end homelessness.' He plans to live in it for a year himself
Ontario’s Ribal Zebian said his design can be built in just one day.
www.goodgoodgood.co
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
🏠 An 18-year-old engineering student from Ontario 🇨🇦 designed a quick-to-assemble #ModularHome to help with the #homelessness crisis. He plans to live in it for a year to test and refine it before trying to scale the idea ✨📆.
📊 #CancerSurvival is better than ever in the US 🇺🇸. About 7 in 10 people now live at least five years after being diagnosed. That's thanks to #EarlierDetection and better treatments, which is a big jump from decades ago 📈.
A new milestone in the cancer fight: 7 in 10 patients now survive five-plus years
Better treatment options have improved survival rates in the U.S., according to a report from the American Cancer Society.
www.nbcnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:16 PM
📊 #CancerSurvival is better than ever in the US 🇺🇸. About 7 in 10 people now live at least five years after being diagnosed. That's thanks to #EarlierDetection and better treatments, which is a big jump from decades ago 📈.
🇨🇳 China and 🇮🇳 India saw their #coal-powered-electricity fall in 2025 for the first time since the 1970s💡. Huge gains in #solar, #wind and other #CleanEnergy helped meet their power needs and pushed down reliance on coal. It marks a shift in how the world’s two biggest coal users make electricity 🔋🌎.
Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s
‘Historic’ moment in biggest coal-consuming countries could bring decline in global emissions, analysis says
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:30 AM
🇨🇳 China and 🇮🇳 India saw their #coal-powered-electricity fall in 2025 for the first time since the 1970s💡. Huge gains in #solar, #wind and other #CleanEnergy helped meet their power needs and pushed down reliance on coal. It marks a shift in how the world’s two biggest coal users make electricity 🔋🌎.
#Hawaiʻi just passed a new law that updates old parentage rules so all families, especially #LGBTQIA+ ones, have clearer legal rights & protections for parents and kids 💛👨👨👧👦. It uses gender-neutral language and new ways to establish legal #parentage that match how families are actually made today 🚀🏝️.
Hawaiʻi modernizes parentage law, strengthening protections for LGBTQIA+ families | Kauai Now
Hawaiʻi State LGBTQ+ Commission Vice Chairman and Legislative Lead Michael Golojuch Jr. says the enactment of Act 298 as of Jan. 1 "brings Hawaiʻi’s parentage laws into the present and centers the bes...
kauainownews.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM
#Hawaiʻi just passed a new law that updates old parentage rules so all families, especially #LGBTQIA+ ones, have clearer legal rights & protections for parents and kids 💛👨👨👧👦. It uses gender-neutral language and new ways to establish legal #parentage that match how families are actually made today 🚀🏝️.
Europe just finished its biggest ever #3D-printed-housing project in 🇩🇰Denmark 🏠. A giant #COBOD-BOD3 concrete 3D printer quickly built 36 student apartments with way less waste and time than normal construction 👷♂️💪. It comes to show how this tech could help make housing faster and greener 🚀✨.
Europe’s Largest 3D Printed Housing Project Completed in Denmark Using COBOD’s BOD3 | COBOD International
Europe’s largest 3D printed housing project with 36 student apartments built in Denmark by 3DCP Group using COBOD’s BOD3 3D Construction Printer.
cobod.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Europe just finished its biggest ever #3D-printed-housing project in 🇩🇰Denmark 🏠. A giant #COBOD-BOD3 concrete 3D printer quickly built 36 student apartments with way less waste and time than normal construction 👷♂️💪. It comes to show how this tech could help make housing faster and greener 🚀✨.