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 A new study says that due to an increase of around 55% in wind and solar generation between 2019 and 2022, air quality in the United States shot up and asthma risk fell. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://buff.ly/3Rh9C9Z 
 Guys, Amazon deforestation is down 50% this year!

It's worth saying twice: Amazon deforestation is down 50% this year!!!!!!! 2023 was also the best year ever for reforestation and carbon reduction! We're doing it! We're really doing it! #ShareGoodNewsToo 

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/amazon-rainforest-destruction-slows-sharply-year-date-report-says-2023-11-28 
 Milestone: my Terra Ignota is now referenced on the Wikipedia page for the Marquis de Sade! 🎯 
 AMAZING NEWS: the huge burst of new electric & green power in 2018-23 means the new survey from UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment group predicts climate change will peak below 1.8°C around 2050. We're going to make the 2°goal, team! #ShareGoodNewsToo https://futurecrunch.com/r/eef152db?m=d62c57a4-125a-4b9d-b04d-bdfd23b8627c 
 When facing the "All we need is STEM!" approach to education, my usual response is: 

Developing the vaccine was the STEM problem; distribution & getting shots in arms was the Social Science problem; getting people to trust it & combatting misinformation was the Humanities problem -- which did we fail?