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Pansies cleaning the soil of an abandoned lead mine.



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This year has seen the most right whale calfs born in one season since 2009.



Papua New Guinea has set up a protected portion of the ocean the size of the UK.



A care home in Oklahoma have been running a Wii Bowling league, and have a team who remain undefeated since 2021:

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/care-home-goes-viral-with-competitive-wii-bowling-team-that-are-undefeated-for-5-years-3368089/



Here's a n English river recovering from a farmer's actions



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Loophole in Endangered Species Act Closed To Coal Miners



Had a couple little wins at work today.

There's this kid who was really shy and anxious to share in class, and today with a little (a lot) of encouragement he was able to give a talk about his interest in martial arts to the rest of the class, which was a huge win for him. Made me very proud.

Also, last week someone from work came to sit in on one of our classes and assess our job performance; I was nervous as hell, but today the report came back and was overwhelmingly positive, which combined with the above really made my day.



This microfiber laundry filter is keeping tons of fossil fuel fibres out of the environment.



This could be a new method of extracting lithium from the ocean without deep sea mining.



Was feeling crappy today, but still managed to get up on time, exercise, cook a proper meal, and vacuum the house.

Marking that down as a win.