Good News Notes: “Seven people were rescued late Thursday after being stranded at a remote Alaska fish camp for a week, state troopers said Friday. Ice on the Yukon River stranded the group at the camp about 20 miles east of Emmonak, a small city of around 800 in the southwestern part of the state,…
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Indoor, vertical farming could feed the world — and space
Good News Notes: “As the global population continues to increase, vertical farming is becoming a more widely recognized and viable solution to our food production problem. Vertical farming is a type of indoor farming where crops are grown in stacked layers, rather than spread out across large plots of land. These futuristic farms aren’t just going to have an…
Why Are Our Waterways Shrinking?
We hear a lot about global warming and climate change. So, it would be easy to step back, shrug our shoulders and blame them for the receding water. There is, however, a more direct offender, cows. Those peaceful, harmless pasture grazers on the side of the road might look insignificant. They also look quite tasty…
For injured turtles, a return to the sea
Good News Notes: “Seven months after washing up on the shores of Cape Cod, Mass., No. 300 stoically scanned the powdery beach while being held aloft by Maryland’s second-highest elected official. It was hardly the strangest thing to befall the young Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, a Gulf of Mexico native, since the animal found itself…
Colorado Brewery, Marijuana Grower Recycle CO2 to Save Trees, Grow Weed
Good News Notes: “A Denver brewery and commercial marijuana cultivator are both saving trees and growing weed, thanks to an emissions recycling partnership. Earlier this year, Denver Beer Co. and the Clinic dispensary announced a plan in which the Clinic’s marijuana growers would use the carbon dioxide produced during Denver Beer’s fermentation process as a growing supplement. The…
A man lost his Sea Doo off the Pasco County coast. He was rescued 12 hours later.
Good News Notes: “Cole Torrent posted a picture of his lime-green Sea-Doo personal watercraft to Facebook on Tuesday afternoon. For the third time since Monday afternoon, he asked if anyone wanted to join him on the water. But apart from one friend warning about the weather, he didn’t get any response. The comments started pouring…
Omaha zoo’s new baby rhino staying warm during freeze warning
Good News Notes: “The creatures that call Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo home are feeling the chill too. But not if they’re the zoo’s newest baby rhino.” “Little Marshall isn’t supposed to be outside if it’s less than 50 degrees Fahrenheit.” “So he gets to stay in a nice, warm indoor enclosure complete with snacks and…