Heartwarming News Stories In 2018 That Probably Slipped Through Your Radar

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Dec 25, 2018 3:00 PM EST

As a positive recap of 2018, we're bringing you the best and most heartwarming news headlines of the year that you probably missed!

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    Text - 99 Good News Stories You Probably Didn't Hear About in 2018 The world didn't fall apart this year. You were just getting your news from the wrong places. Angus Hervey Dec 12 16 min read
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    Text - 51. The International Energy Agency said that in the last year, 120 million people gained access to electricity. That means that for the first time since electrical service was started (1882), less than a billion of the world's population are left in darkness 52. A new report showed that the global fertility rate (average number of children a woman gives birth to) has halved since 1950. Half the world's countries are now below replacement levels. BBC
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    Text - 53. Bangladesh revealed that it had reduced its child mortality rate by 78% since 1990, the largest reduction by any country in the world. Kinder-World 54. Remember how the global media worked itself into a frenzy over Cape Town's water shortages and Day Zero in 2017? Strangely, nobody reported this how the Mother City successfully year averted the crisis. apolitical
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    Text - 55. Respiratory disease death rates in China have fallen by 70% since 1990, thanks to rising incomes, cleaner cooking fuels and better healthcare. Twitter 56. The share of black men in poverty in the United States fell from 41% in 1960 to 18% today, and their share in the middle class rose from 38% to 57% in the same time. CNN
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    Text - 57. A new report showed that democracy is more widespread than ever. Six in ten of the world's countries are now democratic a post war record. Pew Research 58. A new global youth survey showed that young people in all countries are more optimistic than adults. Nine in 10 teenagers in Kenya, Mexico, China, Nigeria and India reported feeling positive about their future. Guardian
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    Text - 59. The world passed 1,000 GW of cumulative installed wind and solar this year. 10 years ago, there was power less than 8 GW of solar. Future Crunch 60. Solar and wind continued their precipitous cost declines. In the second half of 2018 alone, the levelized cost for solar fell by 14% and the wind benchmark by 6%. In many parts of the world it's now cheaper to build new clean energy than it is to keep dirty energy running. BNEF
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    Text - 61. Allianz, the world's biggest insurance company by assets, said it would cease insuring coal-fired power plants and coal mines, and Maersk, the world's largest maritime shipping company, said it would begin ditching fossil fuels, and will eliminate all carbon emissions by the year 2050 62. Repsol became the first major fossil fuels producer to say it would no longer be seeking new growth for oil and gas Bloomberg
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    People - 63. California unveiled the most ambitious climate target of all time, with a commitment to making the world's fifth biggest economy carbon neutral by 2045 NBC L&S Lentil-eating, latte -sipping, sackcloth-wearing greenies in action. Image NBC
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    Text - 64. China, the world's biggest energy consumer, revised its renewable energy target upwards, committing to 35% clean energy by 2030. Engadget 65. Chile said it had managed to quadruple its clean energy sources since 2013, resulting in a 75% drop in the average cost of electricity. IPS News 66. The United States set a new record for with 22 coal plant closures this year, plants in 14 states totalling 15.4GW of dirty energy going dark. #MAGA. Clean Technica
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    Text - 67. 11 European nations either closed their coal fleets or announced they will close them by a specific date, including France by 2023, Italy and the UK by 2025, and Denmark and the Netherlands by 2030
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    Text - 68. Some of the world's biggest sovereign wealth funds, representing more than $3 trillion in assets, and Black Rock, the world's biggest fund manager, with assets worth $5.1 trillion, said they would only invest in companies that factor climate risks into their strategies. UNFCCC| 69. India increased its already massive 2022 clean energy target by 28%. It plans to add 150 GW of wind and solar in the next four years. Clean Technica
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    Text - 70. Ireland became the world's first country to divest from fossil fuels, after a bill was passed with all-party support in the lower house of parliament. Guardian 71. Spain committed to shutting down most of its coalmines by the end of the year, after the government agreed to early retirement for miners, re-skilling and environmental restoration. Guardian
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    Text - War, crime and violence continued their inexorable, long term decline Image credit: Wykop
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    Text - 72. The Journal of Peace Research said that global deaths from state based conflicts have declined for the third year in a row, and are now 32% lower than their peak in 2014. 73. After a decade long effort, Herat, Afghanistan's deadliest province landmines, was declared free of explosive devices. Nearly 80% of the country is now mine free. Reuters
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    Text - 74. Following the collapse of ISIS, civilian deaths in Iraq decreased dramatically. 80% fewer Iraqis were killed in the first five months of 2018 compared to last year. Anti-War 75. Ethiopia and Eritrea signed a peace treaty, signalling the end of a 20 year war, and reuniting thousands of families. ВВС 76. Malaysia abolished the death penalty for all crimes and halted all pending executions, a move hailed by human rights groups in Asia as a major victory.
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    Text - 77. Honduras had the highest homicide rate in the world in 2012. Murders have decreased by half since then, more than any other nation. Ozy 78. Crime and murder rates declined in the United States' 30 largest cities, with the murder rate for 2018 projected to be 7.6 percent lower than 2017. Vox 79. Crime falls when you take in millions of refugees too. The number of reported crimes in Germany has fallen by 10%, to the lowest level in 30 years. Washington Post
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    Text - 80. Worried about the kids? Youth crime in the Australian state of New South Wales has plummeted in the last 20 years. Vehicle theft is down by 59%, property theft by 59%, and drunk-driving by 49%. ANU 81. Still worried about the kids? In the last generation, arrests of Californian have fallen by 80%, murder teenagers arrests by 85%, gun killings by 75%, imprisonments by 88%, teen births by 75%, school dropouts by half, and college enrolments are up by 45%. Sacbee
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    Text - 82. According to new data from the Department of Justice, the proportion of people being sent to prison in the United States has fallen to its lowest level in 20 years. Pew Research
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    Text - 83. Damn those pesky millenials. A new report revealed that, thanks to shifting tastes amongst those born after 1980, 70% of the world's population is reducing meat consumption or leaving meat off the table altogether. Forbes 84. Germany announced one of the most ambitious waste management schemes in history. The government plans to recycle 63% of its total waste within the next from 36% today. DW four years, up
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    Text - 85. The Malaysian government announced it would not allow further any expansion of oil palm plantations, and that it intends to maintain forest cover at 50%. Malaymail 86. Denmark became the latest country to announce a ban on internal combustion engines. There are now 16 countries with bans that come into effect before 2040-including China and India, the two biggest car markets in the world. Bloomberg
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    Text - 87. In 2018, the world surpassed the 4 million mark for electric vehicles. In the world's biggest car market, China, electric cars reached 5% of sales; China's internal combustion car market is flat, with all growth now being absorbed by EVs. Bloomberg 88. Adidas expects to sell 5 million pairs of shoes made from ocean plastic this and committed to using only year, recycled plastic in its products by 2024 CNN
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    Text - 89. Four years ago, China declared a war on pollution. It's working. Cities have, on average, cut concentrations of fine particulates in the air by 32%. New York Times 90. Thanks to tightening restrictions, the United Kingdom reported a 12% drop in vehicle emissions since 2012, as well as significant overall drop in air pollutants. ВВС
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    Text - 91. 250 of the world's major brands, including Coca Cola, Kellogs and Nestle, agreed to make sure that 100% of their plastic packaging will be reused, recycled or composted by 2025. BBC 92. The European Parliament passed a full ban on single-use plastics, estimated to make up over 70% of marine litter. It will come into effect in 2021 Independent
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    Text - 93. As of the end of 2018, at least 32 countries around the world now have plastic bag bans in place-and nearly __ half are in Africa. Quartz 94. China said it had seen a 66% reduction in plastic bag usage since the rollout of its 2008 ban, and that it has avoided the use of an estimated 40 billion bags. Earth Day
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    Text - 95. India's second most populous state, Maharashtra, home to 116 million people, banned all single use plastic (including packaging) on the 23rd June Indian Express this year 96. India's environment minister also announced the country would eliminate all single-use plastic by 2022. Oh, and after India made it three years compulsory to use plastic waste in road construction, there are now 100,000 kilometres of plastic roads in the country.
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    Text - after imposing a 5p levy, 97. Four years the United Kingdom said it had used 9 billion fewer plastic bags, and the number being found on the seabed has plummeted. Independent 98. Following a ban by two of its biggest retailers, Australia cut its plastic bag usage by 80% in three months, saving 1.5 billions bags from entering the waste stream. NY Post
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    Text - 99. After enacting the world's toughest plastic bag ban, Kenya reported that its waterways were clearer, the food chain is less contaminated-and there are fewer 'flying toilets.' Guardian and one last one, just for luck (our favourite story of the year, and the subject of this article's Cover photo)
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    Text - 100. There is now a giant 600 metre long boom in the Pacific that uses oceanic forces to clean up plastic, and you can track its here. Despite a few progress early setbacks, the team behind it thinks half the Great Pacific they can clean up Garbage Patch in the next seven years. Ocean Cleanup
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