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Here's some great news about climate change to combat all the 'world is ending' news you always see.

Score one for humanity.

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News about climate change always seems to be bad news:

Theseare allreal headlines, and the stories behind them are all true, and totally alarming ... and bad. Very bad.

So, for now, forget those.

That's not what we're here for today. This is:

It's true. Thankfully, a few of us in the world took our atmosphere issues seriously. The nonprofit organization Climate Reality reports how much has changed in the past few years. And it's so impressive. The planet is already better because of it.

Here are three pieces of good news on climate change.



1. Solar energy costs about the same or less than fossil fuels in about 79 countries.



And that number is growing.

Fact: Every hour the sun provides enough energy to meet the world's energy demands for an entire year. In a week, the sun could power the world for our entire lives and then some — 168 years. Figuring out how to harness the sun and other clean energy isn't only smart, it's environmentally friendly. AND it comes with another benefit:

(Cold, hard cash.)

Saving money and the planet at the same time? It's a win-win.

2. Since going electric, the car industry is also making more green.

Electric car sales are jumping all over the world (over 50% in France), and more and more people are buying hybrids than ever.

Tesla Motors, an all-electric vehicle company, turned its first profit in 2013 after 10 years of financial hardship. When Tesla stated in 2003, it didn't sell too many cars ... for about a decade. Now that the reason to go electric is clearer (and the cars are becoming more affordable), they're going like lightning. Nikola would be so proud.


Tesla Motors now makes the best-selling electric car on the market: the Model S.

3. With the energy industry growing, employment in those fields is growing as well.

And they're growing a lot. In 2013, 6.5 million people were employed by the renewable energy industry. Wind energy is growing too — Iowa's wind-power industry employs 6,000 people. Iowa gets almost 30% of its electricity from wind.

These people will help our world stay in good shape, and they get paid in the process.

Climate change has caused some amazingly bad news. But we're starting to fight back.

That's what could slow climate change down to nothing — and it'll be the best news about it anyone will ever hear.

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Korean mom has a perfect response to the teacher who called her son's lunches 'disgusting'

Good for her for standing up for her child's culture.

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A Korean mother and her son

A recently posted story on Reddit shows a mother confidently standing up for her family after being bullied by a teacher for her culture. Reddit user Flowergardens0 posted the story to the AITA forum, where people ask whether they are wrong in a specific situation.

Over 5,600 people commented on the story, and an overwhelming majority thought the mother was right. Here’s what went down:

“I (34F) have a (5M) son who attends preschool. A few hours after I picked him up from school today, I got a phone call from his teacher,” Flowergardens0 wrote. “She made absolutely no effort to sound kind when she, in an extremely rude and annoyed tone, told me to stop packing my son such ‘disgusting and inappropriate’ lunches."

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Former teacher shares the funny 'secret code' she used when talking to parents

“Your son is going to make a great lawyer" is code for: "Your kid won’t stop arguing with me."

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Miss Smith shares the "secret code" teachers use in emails to parents.

There are many things that teachers think but cannot say aloud. Teachers have to have a certain sense of decorum and often have strict rules about the things they can or can’t say about children, especially to their parents.

Plus, it’s a teacher’s job to educate, not judge. So, they find ways to kindly say what’s on their minds without having to resort to name-calling or talking disparagingly of a student.

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Dad gives his young daughter a 'spa day' while mom and sister are out and people are gushing

"This healed a part of me. Thank you for doing this with your daughter."

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Mason Smith pampered his baby girl during her "spa day."

Raising kids is no small feat. Just the basic logistics of caring for a human being from their helpless newborn stage to the full-fledged adult stage is a lot, much less doing the countless other things that will actually help that human thrive.

Parents who go above and beyond to create a nurturing environment and build strong core memories with their kids are inspiring examples for us all, and one dad's spa day with his daughter has people positively gushing.

Mason Smith (@thedadsocial) shared a video of a special spa day he gave his young daughter when her mom and older sister were having their own pampered outing. "Mom and sister went to the salon so I couldn't have her feeling left out," he wrote.

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Teen with a fishing magnet found a safe full of cash. And then he returned it all to its owner.

The safe was stolen 22 years ago.

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It's incredible what a double-sided magnet can do.


A new trend in treasure hunting called magnet fishing has blown up over the past two years, evidenced by an explosion of YouTube channels covering the hobby. Magnet fishing is a pretty simple activity. Hobbyists attach high-powered magnets to strong ropes, drop them into waterways and see what they attract.

The hobby has caught the attention of law enforcement and government agencies because urban waterways are a popular place for criminals to drop weapons and stolen items after committing a crime. In 2019, a magnet fisherman in Michigan pulled up an antique World War I mortar grenade and the bomb squad had to be called out to investigate.


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Ring doorbell video captures the phenomenon of what it's like to be the default parent

Millions of us know what it's like to be the "default parent."

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Ring doorbell video captures what it's like to be the default parent.

Kids, man. I'm not sure of the scientific way audacity is distributed, but kids have a lot of it and somehow make it cute. That audacity overload is especially interesting when you're the default parent—you know, the parent kids go to for literally everything as if there's not another fully capable adult in the house. Chances are if your children haven't sought you out while you were taking a shower so you could open up a pack of fruit snacks, then you're not the default parental unit.

One parent captured exactly what it's like to be the default parent and shared it to TikTok, where the video has over 4 million views. Toniann Marchese went on a quick grocery run and *gasp* did not inform her children. Don't you fret, they're modern kids who know how to use modern means to get much-needed answers when mom is nowhere to be found. They went outside and rang the doorbell.

Back when we were children, this would've done nothing but make the dogs bark, but for Marchese's kids, who are 3 and 6 years old, it's as good as a phone call.

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'American Idol' contestant has perfect response to Katy Perry's 'mom-shaming' joke

The 25-year-old used the moment to stand up for moms everywhere.

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"Keep loving your babies."

You might recall us singing the praises of Sara Beth, the exuberant young mom with major vocal chops dubbed the “Accidental American Idol.”

During Sara Beth’s initial audition for the show, judge Katy Perry made a joke that rubbed many viewers the wrong way.

Before Sara Beth even began to sing, the 25-year-old revealed that she had three children, which prompted Katy Perry to dramatically stand up from her seat and feign shock. When Sara Beth, all smiles, said, “If Katy lays on the table, I think I’m going to pass out,” Perry retorted, “Honey, you’ve been laying on the table too much.”

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