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Good News: This Youth Radio Shows Tackles Taboos Teen Pregnancy and HIV

Radio programs made for and by young people are helping to address sensitive social issues like teen pregnancy, abuse, and child marriage in Malawi
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Charleston Will Pay People to Build Backyard Homes to Help Provide Affordable Housing

Cities and states have struggled to find ways to increase their inventory of low-cost housing over the last decade, and many have pursued policies that they hope will add density to areas zoned for single-family dwelling.
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Good Wildfire News? Evidence From the Bootleg Fire Supports Thinning Forests

"We have overwhelming evidence that when we treat forests by removing fuels, it generally — not always, you can never say always, but generally — moderates fire behavior."
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Could 3D Printed Schools Be a Solution to Africa's Classroom Shortage?

Faster, cheaper and greener than regular construction, 3D printing could help African countries close their education gaps.
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Peru’s Indigenous Tribes Are Using Tech Tools to Track Amazon Deforestation

Members of nearly 40 Indigenous communities in northern Peru were given training to use smartphone mapping apps that receive early deforestation alerts.
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Boost to Clean Energy Investment Could Drive 10 Million New Green Jobs

From offshore wind farms in Britain to floating solar power plants in Vietnam, about 13,000 renewable energy projects in nearly 50 countries are waiting for finance - and could create up to 10 million green jobs, consultancy EY-Parthenon said on Wednesday.
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Why Noise Reduction Could Save Marine Life

Sound is essential to the survival and prosperity of marine life, but human-made ocean noise threatens this fragile world. Sound travels much farther and faster underwater than in air and is vitally important to marine animals.
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13 Good News Stories to Leave You Feeling Good This Week

Good news stories from around the world — from ending student lunch debt in Seattle, to a neo-Nazi removing his swastika tattoos. There's so much good to celebrate.
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Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green: Changing the Way America Treats Cancer

Like many people, Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green’s life has been marred by cancer. Both her aunt and uncle, who raised Green after she lost her parents, were diagnosed with the disease while she was in school. 
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