Alaina Wood

Best climate news of the day indeed!! My area is desperately trying to stop new crypto mines from going in, because the last one caused an insane amount of noise pollution in a quiet farming community.

Edition 20: August 1, 2025 From turning plastic waste into a common medicine to the world hitting some "positive tipping points" when it comes to clean energy, it's a nice reminder that not all the news right now is bad.

I cover these stories in the latest edition of my newsletter.

Here’s to four more years of good climate news!

Fantastic news! Grazing sheep + solar just makes sense!

PS: I've officially been producing the Good Climate News video series for 4 years and the newsletter companion for 8 months, so here's to another four years of evidence-backed climate optimism!

Edition 20: August 1, 2025 From turning plastic waste into a common medicine to the world hitting some "positive tipping points" when it comes to clean energy, it's a nice reminder that not all the news right now is bad.

From turning plastic waste into a common medicine to the world hitting some "positive tipping points" when it comes to clean energy, it's a nice reminder that not all the news right now is bad.

Check it out in this week's edition of my newsletter Good Climate News:

Today I am addressing a popular misconception about solar farms — that they shouldn’t be built out in the country.

Thank you!! Light blue really is my color.

Edition 19: July 25, 2025 The Global South is one step closer to receiving climate justice thanks to a landmark ruling from the International Court of Justice. I cover that and more in this week's edition!

I cover these stories in the latest edition of my newsletter!

All hope is not lost for a better future, but rumor has it I’m still itchy from all those mosquito bites 🦟

Y’all have any bat box and dragonfly-attracting pond designs you recommend? I desperately need both in my yard!

Edition 19: July 25, 2025 The Global South is one step closer to receiving climate justice thanks to a landmark ruling from the International Court of Justice. I cover that and more in this week's edition!

The Global South is one step closer to receiving climate justice thanks to a landmark ruling from the International Court of Justice. I cover that and more in this week's edition!

A new human right just dropped 🌍‼️

ACTUAL BREAKING NEWS THAT ISN’T BAD

The International Court of Justice just issued a landmark ruling that a clean, healthy, and sustainable planet is a human right — meaning countries that fail to address climate change could be in violation of international law.

Via AP

#CongestionPricing works 👏

Are reusable cup schemes the future? More cities like #Lisbon seem to think so!

GOOD NEWS!

96% of new electricity generating capacity (aka new energy projects) in the United States this year has been renewable!

I wish all the male climate scientists and sustainability non-profit leaders who have been bullying me lately know they are parroting talking points from fossil fuel-backed bot attack campaigns aimed at getting me to stop publicly talking about climate change.

Edition 18: July 18, 2025 From finding out our bodies have the capability to absorb and expel PFAS chemicals to developing a better way to recycle wind turbine blades, science is here to help humanity.

From finding out our bodies have the capability to absorb and expel PFAS chemicals to developing a better way to recycle wind turbine blades, science is here to help humanity.

Read more in this week's edition of Good Climate News!

Any recommendations for news outlets, independent journalists, scientists, activists, and creators covering climate issues/solutions in Africa?

Africa is such a blindspot in my work, and I know there's a lot of great work happening on the continent that I want to uplift.

Just because you don’t agree that I promote climate optimism through my science communication work, doesn’t mean you get to use that as an excuse to bully me for my gender, age, and appearance.

(I can’t believe that needs to be said, but alas, I’m getting bullied right now by older male scientists)

Edition 17: July 11, 2025 From federally-funded scientific breakthroughs to the power of community engagement, the fight for a better future is still not over. So don’t give up now!

Read my newsletter here because these stories are always more nuanced than the one sentence summary of them implies!

It’s still not too late, and my never ending #goodclimatenews series is proof!

I’ve been producing this series for four years now, and I can never cover all the progress!

Edition 17: July 11, 2025 From federally-funded scientific breakthroughs to the power of community engagement, the fight for a better future is still not over. So don’t give up now!

From federally-funded scientific breakthroughs to the power of community engagement, the fight for a better future is still not over. So don’t give up now!

Read more in this week's edition of Good Climate News.

✨It’s literally climate change✨

The weather manipulation conspiracy theorists have found my page again, and they now seem to think I’m personally responsible for Hurricane Helene.. so that’s fun..

(Even if that technology existed, why on earth would I use it to hit my own house??)

If you still don’t think it’s too late, then congratulations!

Billions of dollars of propaganda did not work on you 🙌

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

Surprise — there’s still #goodnews in the United States!

Read more here: https://open.substack.com/pub/goodclimatenews/p/edition-16-july-3-2025?r=33bx1g&utm_medium=ios