> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://primonatura.co.uk/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # 44 Positive Environmental Success Stories — September 2026 - URL: https://primonatura.co.uk/positive-environmental-stories-030/ - Published: 2026-10-03T11:00:39.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-03T11:00:39.000Z - Author: Primo Natura - Tags: Positive News The media has an important role to play in combatting climate doom. Therefore, this monthly news round up of positive environmental and climate change news, is designed to spark joy and show that progress is being made. We pick two positive headlines a day, ranging from renewable energy and preservation to eco-innovation, and arrange the articles according to their publication date. We also include some dates related to nature and wildlife for your calendar. 💡 **Under each day is a few positive news articles posted on the same day. Sadly, we have excluded weekends, as media outlets report less on these days.* ### Environmental and Animal Awareness Days In The Next Month **International Walk To School Month** – (Thursday 1st to Saturday 31st October 2026) Challenge yourself or encourage others to walk to school, as others all around the world also celebrate walking to school this month. **No Disposable Cup Day** – (Sunday 4th October 2026) [No Disposable Cup Day](https://primonatura.co.uk/the-best-reusable-cups-for-coffee-on-the-go/) as covered here before, raises how each disposable cup has a plastic lining and how a reusable cup will save you money and the need for this product. **International E-Waste Day** – (Wednesday 14th October 2026) E-Waste is getting larger as our dependence on technology grows, therefore let's seek technology that can be repaired. However, in-cases where we cannot, we can utilise recycling schemes. --- ### Positive News Round up — Tuesday, 1st September ![four people sitting on wooden stair](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1466358233012-14413ad4e76f?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDExfHx0ZWVuYWdlcnxlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTAxOTEzMzh8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Gaelle Marcel](https://unsplash.com/@gaellemarcel) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Thirteen teenagers in Hawaii now routinely visit the Department of Transportation of the state to provide comments on public transportation, bike lanes, and other ideas to assist the department in moving away from fossil fuels.** ([Good Good Good](https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/our-childrens-trust-hawaii-youth-climate-change-lawsuit)) **The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Washington, has welcomed a baby porcupine for the first time in 121 years.** ([Good Good Good](https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/baby-porcupine-tacoma-washington-zoo)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Wednesday, 2nd September ![brown hen on green grass during daytime](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1588597989061-b60ad0eefdbf?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDN8fGNoaWNrZW58ZW58MHx8fHwxNzkwMTkzNDkzfDA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Thomas Iversen](https://unsplash.com/@tivoliversen) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Legislation pertaining to new EU cage-free farming seeks to eradicate confinement of more than 300 million animals annually.** ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/eu-cage-free-farming-legislation/)) **Black bears has finally rebounding following hunting which nearly drove them to extinction in the Southern America.** ([Good Good Good](https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/black-bears-rebound-mississippi-river-basin)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Thursday, 3rd September ![A chinese flag flying on top of a building](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1718928516680-fd5f1f38bbbc?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fGNoaW5hJTIwZmxhZ3xlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTAyMzE3NzZ8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Dominic Kurniawan Suryaputra](https://unsplash.com/@d%5Fks11) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Amid the strait of Hormuz crisis, China's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026\. Additionally, the use of oil within China declined by 9% and by 16% for transport**.([Carbon Brief](https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-fall-in-q2-2026-due-to-plummeting-oil-use)) **Trail cameras have captured elusive footage of endangered ocelots using wildlife crossing in Texas, where less than 100 wild individuals remain.** ([Good Good Good](https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/texas-wildlife-crossing-ocelots)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Friday, 4th September ![white table with black chairs](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1604134967494-8a9ed3adea0d?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDl8fHNjaG9vbHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTAyMzIwODN8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [MChe Lee](https://unsplash.com/@mclee) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Three East Coast schools in Canada are demonstrating that young people-led renewable energy is feasible right now, right at the school.** ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/new-brunswick-students-are-putting-solar-power-where-it-belongs-in-their-own-hands/)) **Based on 15 years of wild Bornean orangutan data, mothers planning playdates travel farther and eat less to provide their children with social play opportunities.** ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/orangutan-mothers-arranging-playdates/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Monday, 7th September ![solar panels on a roof](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1658298775754-5839ffd434cc?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDR8fHNvbGFyJTIwcG93ZXJ8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzkwMjMyMjU5fDA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Soren H](https://unsplash.com/@hosoren) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **In the first half of 2026, Italy added 2.9 GW of renewable energy capacity with solar accounting for 2.6 GW.** ([PV Magazine](https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/09/07/italy-deploys-2-61-gw-of-solar-in-h1/)) **According to a fresh UN estimate, coordinated efforts on air pollution and climate change could yield 15-fold returns.** ([Edie](https://www.edie.net/every-1-invested-in-clean-air-brings-15-returns-un-finds/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Tuesday, 8th September ![The flag of Brazil waving on a pole against a clear blue sky](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1662692735672-544412d65934?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDR8fGJyYXppbHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTAyMzI0MDR8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Samuel Costa Melo](https://unsplash.com/@samuelcm) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Recently, researchers reported a new species of small brown frog discovered in Ecuador's Amazonian floodplain forests as well as northwest Brazil.** Though its slow, widely spaced out call sets it apart, researchers find that it looks almost exactly like related species. ([Mongabay](https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/kazakhstan-releases-first-tiger-into-the-wild-in-70-years/)) **To learn more about bird migration, researchers have given warblers tiny backpacks.** ([Good Good Good](https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/tiny-backpacks-bird-migration-study)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Wednesday, 9th September ![aerial photography of London skyline during daytime](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1513635269975-59663e0ac1ad?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fHRoYW1lc3xlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTAyNzk0Njl8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Benjamin Davies](https://unsplash.com/@bendavisual) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **By 2030, the first phase of Thames Estuary recovery seeks to restore 320 hectares of coastal habitat.** ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/restoring-the-thames-estuary/)) **Rangeland restoration in Jordan turned a once-fearful botanical garden into a vibrant grazing alliance that increases native plant species and raises local family incomes.** ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/rangeland-restoration-in-jordan/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Thursday, 10th September ![black solar panels on green grass field during daytime](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1629726797843-618688139f5a?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDh8fHNvbGFyJTIwcG93ZXJ8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzkwMjMyMjU5fDA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Raphael Cruz](https://unsplash.com/@cyborgxxl) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **When state officials unanimously approved a permit for 149 megawatts of solar and 149 MW of battery storage at the Hamden Energy site in Vinton County, southeast quadrant of the state, clean energy scored a rare victory in Ohio last month.** ([Canary Media](https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/coal-to-solar-project-win-ohio)) **Plastic-to—hydrogen solar-powered technology just passed a big obstacle.** At a scale close to commercial use, University of Cambridge researchers have demonstrated that a solar reactor can convert plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel outdoors. ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/solar-powered-plastic-to-hydrogen/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Friday, 11th September ![photo of truss towers](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1473341304170-971dccb5ac1e?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fGVuZXJneXxlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTA1MzE2OTZ8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Matthew Henry](https://unsplash.com/@matthewhenry) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **When the energy department made a Michigan coal-fired power plant stay open past its planned retirement date last year, this month a federal court decided the department overreached itself.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/11/federal-court-rejects-trump-michigan-coal-plant)) **REWE has opened Germany's largest rooftop farm in Lankwitz, Berlin, growing lettuce directly on store premises using hydroponic technology to reduce transportation emissions and connect consumers with local food sources.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/11/supermarket-salad-rooftop-garden-berlin)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Monday, 14th September ![body of water during daytime](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1507166763745-bfe008fbb831?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDl8fG9jZWFufGVufDB8fHx8MTc5MDU0MjMwOHww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Conor Sexton](https://unsplash.com/@conorsexton) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Off Alaska, nine new deep-sea sponge species have been discovered by scientists, providing fresh perspectives on the mostly unexplored marine life of the area.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/deep-sea-sponges-discovery-mining-fishing)) **For two-thirds of the black-necked grebes in the United Kingdom, a conservation charity has transformed what was once a dumping ground for material extracted during canal dredging into a nesting habitat.** ([Good News Network](https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/former-industrial-ground-goes-from-dump-to-diversity-and-hosts-64-of-uks-black-necked-grebes/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Tuesday, 15th September ![brown mountain near body of water during daytime](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1581888517319-570283943d82?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDN8fHZvbGNhbm98ZW58MHx8fHwxNzkwNTQyNTQ1fDA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [David Billings](https://unsplash.com/@dav%5Fbillings) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **The Hunga Tonga eruption might have set off an unexpected chemical reaction that destroyed some methane spewed into the atmosphere.** According to scientists, the discovery might change estimates of methane emissions and inspire new methods for slowing near-term global warming. ([Science Daily](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260915095750.htm)) **Bristol is the first British city to forbid fast fashion advertising in new limits that will also affect SUVs and airline advertising.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/15/bristol-first-uk-city-to-ban-fast-fashion-adverts)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Wednesday, 16th September ![a white hard hat sitting on top of a solar panel](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1648135327756-b606e2eb8caa?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDEyfHxzb2xhciUyMHBvd2VyfGVufDB8fHx8MTc5MDU0Mjg4OXww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Evgeniy Alyoshin](https://unsplash.com/@oqtave) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) As of mid-September, Norway's installed solar capacity exceeded 1 GW at 1,003 MW.([PV Magazine](https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/09/16/norway-passes-1-gw-solar-milestone/)) At young age, baby elephants are learning how to “play doctor”: “They can participate in their own medical care”.([Good Good Good](https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/elephants-zoos-training-medical-care-jobs)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Thursday, 17th September ![green leafed tree surrounded by fog during daytime](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1528183429752-a97d0bf99b5a?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDN8fHRyZWV8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzkwNTQzMzQ5fDA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Simon Wilkes](https://unsplash.com/@simonfromengland) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Ethiopia is recruiting citizens across the country to plant Fifty billion trees by 2030, as part of the government’s Green Legacy Initiative.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/sep/17/i-see-them-like-my-own-children-reforesting-ethiopia-with-50bn-trees-one-step-at-a-time)) **Smaller than the typical domestic cat, a new species of wild feline were found in the Yungas forest of Bolivia.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/17/new-cat-species-identified-bolivia)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Friday, 18th September ![Rows of strawberry plants growing in a greenhouse](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1759509295194-e85b92b24e15?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDN8fGh5ZHJvcG9uaWNzfGVufDB8fHx8MTc5MDU0MzkyN3ww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Denis Sobnakov](https://unsplash.com/@sobden) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Students in rural Saskatchewan, remote Labrador, and a Mi'kmaw community in Nova Scotia are demonstrating that fresh food doesn't have to travel thousands of kilometers (and produce tons of emissions) to reach a plate.** ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/growing-without-soil-and-without-limits-how-canadian-schools-are-using-hydroponics-to-fight-food-insecurity/)) **Scientists are studying nature to transform mountains of industrial waste into a secret supply of rare earth elements and valuable metals.** ([Science Daily](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260918024759.htm)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Monday, 21st September ![penguin standing on black rock](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1462888210965-cdf193fb74de?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDJ8fHBlbmd1aW58ZW58MHx8fHwxNzkwNzE0MjcwfDA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Jay Ruzesky](https://unsplash.com/@wolsenburg) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **On the remote Kerguelen Islands, the first new species of gentoo penguin identified in more than a century has been found**.([Science Daily](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260920222410.htm)) **At age nine, a boy who discovered Wangari Maathai's tree-planting legacy started a youth-led forest restoration movement today training over 100,000 young Climate Justice Ambassadors across 76 countries.** ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/youth-led-forest-restoration-movement/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Tuesday, 22nd September ![white windmill during daytime](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1562519990-50eb51e282b2?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fHdpbmQlMjB0dXJiaW5lfGVufDB8fHx8MTc5MDcxNTAyOXww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Thomas Réaubourg](https://unsplash.com/@thomasreaubourg) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **On Australia's main power grid, sunshine, and wind met 80.4% of demand on one Saturday in the month, establishing a new benchmark for renewable energy.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/22/solar-and-wind-generation-record-80-percent-australia-national-grid)) **A Mexican desert ecosystem is beginning to recover within months of Bison's reintroduction.** ([The Optimist Daily](https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/09/mexicos-desert-ecosystem-is-healing-months-after-bison-reintroduction/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Wednesday, 23rd September ![brown turtle swimming underwater](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1437622368342-7a3d73a34c8f?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fHR1cnRsZXxlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTA3MTU3NzJ8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Wexor Tmg](https://unsplash.com/@wexor) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Sea turtle eggs have been laid on California beaches for the first time the US West Coast.** ([Mongabay](https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/09/agency-says-sea-turtle-eggs-laid-on-california-beaches-are-a-first-for-the-us-west-coast/)) **A new study reveals that bats originated in Europe, rewriting mammals’ family tree.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/23/bats-originated-in-europe-disease-study-reveals-aoe)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Thursday, 24th September ![brown rodent on white wooden surface during daytime](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1600899742232-7d2c89b2d85c?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDR8fGJlYXZlcnxlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTA3MTcwMTV8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Tim Umphreys](https://unsplash.com/@timumphreys) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **The largest beaver dam in the world resides in a Canadian national park; “The size of 1600 hockey rinks.”** ([Good Good Good](https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/worlds-largest-beaver-dam-wood-buffalo-national-park)) **Two small new snail species found in Montenegro by scientists highlight the fact that even Europe still harbours creatures not known to science.** ([Science Daily](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260923035936.htm)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Friday, 25th September ![low angle photography of green trees](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1462143338528-eca9936a4d09?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDV8fHRyZWVzfGVufDB8fHx8MTc5MDk2NzYxNHww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Arnaud Mesureur](https://unsplash.com/@tbzr) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative is turning citizens into foresters, transforming the landscapes with billions of new tree saplings.** ([Optimist Daily](https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/09/ethiopias-green-legacy-initiative-is-turning-citizens-into-foresters/)) **A 'lost' bird has reappears in West Africa's forests after not being seen for more than a decade.** ([Good Good Good](https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/ghana-cuckooshrike-bird-west-africa-good-news)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Monday, 28th September ![a air conditioner sitting on the side of a building](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1700124113583-81aa99ea2aa2?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fGhlYXRwdW1wfGVufDB8fHx8MTc5MDk3MTcyNnww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [alpha innotec](https://unsplash.com/@alpha%5Finnotec) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Data shows that sales of heat pumps soar throughout Europe following state cuts in electricity taxes. With 11% increase in sales also attributed to consequences of Iran war.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/28/heat-pump-sales-soar-across-europe-after-ciuntries-cut-electricity-taxes-data-shows)) **A former airport in Athens is becoming Europe’s largest coastal urban park. (**[**Optimist Daily**](https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/09/athens-former-airport-is-becoming-europes-largest-coastal-urban-park/)**)** --- ### Positive News Round up — Tuesday, 29th September ![a humpback whale swims beneath the surface of the water](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1698551007683-7226dc6f4e85?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDN8fHdoYWxlc3xlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTA5NzI0OTl8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Oliver Tsappis](https://unsplash.com/@otsapp) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **After more than a month entangled in fishing equipment, sharp-eyed whale watch crews assisted trained responders in releasing an entangled humpback whale off Monterey Bay.** ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/freeing-an-entangled-humpback-whale/)) **Red-legged frogs vanished entirely from Yosemite National Park some 50 years ago; today, 10,000 have been reintroduced into the wild.** ([Good Good Good](https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/yosemite-red-legged-frog-conservation-release)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Wednesday, 30th September ![a butterfly sitting on top of a purple flower](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1649013529208-deba73ed47b5?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDR8fHVrJTIwYnV0dGVyZmxpZXN8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzkwOTcyNzA4fDA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Heather Wilde](https://unsplash.com/@heather%5Fwilde) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **A long warm British summer could have helped extend in an extra generation for butterflies.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/30/autumn-sunshine-britain-bumper-year-butterflies)) **Over the next three years, half a million trees will be planted around England to guard against severe storms.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/30/half-million-trees-planted-england-three-years-angela-eagle)) --- Support If you have read the entire article, I hope you enjoyed what I wrote. 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