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A study using turkey tail mushrooms as a natural filtration system has successfully removed E. coli from a polluted river in Devon, England, and the approach is already being put into practice.
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Reasons to be Cheerful highlighted a washing-machine filter designed to catch clothing fibres before they reach waterways and oceans.
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RHINOSHIELD’s Circular Blue platform uses drones and solar-powered collection vessels to target ocean-bound plastic near Taiwan.
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A study using turkey tail mushrooms as a natural filtration system has successfully removed E. coli from a polluted river in Devon, England, and …
June 19, 2026 · environment · mushroomsReasons to be Cheerful highlighted a washing-machine filter designed to catch clothing fibres before they reach waterways and oceans.
May 24, 2026 · environment · microplasticsRHINOSHIELD’s Circular Blue platform uses drones and solar-powered collection vessels to target ocean-bound plastic near Taiwan.
May 23, 2026 · environment · ocean
New drilling and superhot-rock techniques are helping geothermal energy move toward cheaper, cleaner power in more places.
May 21, 2026 · environment · geothermal
More than 200 volunteers helped place 20,000 oysters in the Solent, supporting a major UK reef-restoration effort near Portsmouth.
May 20, 2026 · environment · oystersNear Mackay in Queensland, dozens of old tidal gates and embankments are being removed so salt water can return, reviving marshes, mangroves and …
May 20, 2026 · environment · Queensland
Solar and wind output hit all-time highs in the US, with clean sources supplying more than a quarter of the country's electricity for the first t…
May 6, 2026 · environment · renewable energy
Britain has officially crossed the 2 million solar installations mark, with 27,000 new systems installed in March alone — the highest monthly tot…
May 6, 2026 · environment · solar
Once choked with plastic and barely flowing, a 3-km canal in Tamil Nadu, India, was cleared, restored, and lined with mangroves, offering a model…
April 14, 2026Vineyard Wind 1, the first large-scale offshore wind project in US history, completed construction of all 62 turbines on March 13, 2026. Once ful…
March 22, 2026 · offshore wind · Vineyard WindRevolution Wind, a 704-megawatt offshore wind farm off Rhode Island, survived multiple stop-work orders from the Trump administration — backed by…
March 22, 2026 · wind energy · clean energyMIT researchers publishing in Environmental Science and Technology (March 2026) found that biodegradable plastic in the ocean is broken down not …
March 22, 2026 · ocean · plasticChile is finalising Cape Froward National Park at the southernmost tip of the Americas — 150,000+ hectares of subantarctic forest, peatland, and …
March 21, 2026 · Chile · national parkLondon, Beijing, San Francisco and 16 other cities slashed fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide by over 20% since 2010. Beijing led with …
March 21, 2026All four European vulture species have returned to the Dauphiné Alps, wolves have recolonised naturally, and Rewilding Europe's largest French pr…
March 21, 2026
New research from the University of Birmingham, published in March 2026, has quantified for the first time the total carbon budget created by bea…
March 21, 2026 · beavers · carbon sink
The Medio Putumayo-Algodón Regional Conservation Area in northern Peru — covering 283,595 hectares of primary Amazonian forest — was established …
March 21, 2026 · Amazon · Peru
The latest scientific assessment from the WMO and UNEP confirms stratospheric ozone is recovering steadily, the ozone hole is shrinking, and glob…
March 21, 2026 · ozone layer · Montreal ProtocolFEEL BETTER DAILY
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