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Alaina Wood
@thegarbagequeen.bsky.social
Appalachian Climate Storyteller
Sustainability Scientist & Climate Activist
🌍 goodclimatenews.substack.com
📧 [email protected]
Has your electric bill risen recently?

Mine sure has despite making energy efficiency improvements to my home and overall using less electricity than in years past.
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Help me stop a high purity depleted uranium facility from opening where I live in Washington County, TN.

It won’t be used for energy — just defense purposes.

Take action at the link in the replies. It just takes a minute and could help my area avoid another environmental injustice.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Let’s start the day off right with some evidence-based hope!

Read more: open.substack.com/pub/goodclim...
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Big polluters have no place at #COP30. Let’s ban all big polluter lobbyists from future climate negotiations.

If they were serious about being part of the solution, we wouldn’t need these negotiations in the first place because the problem would never have gotten this bad.
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
These mundane milestones are how #climatesolutions get better 🙌
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Africa is making our solarpunk dreams a reality!

In Kenya, a company called MycoTile is making biodegradable yet affordable building materials out of fungi grown on plant-based agricultural waste.
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I ain’t called the garbage queen for nothing, so I hope y’all enjoy learning more about aluminum recycling ♻️

Read more here: www.newscientist.com/article/2494...
October 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I 💚 the freedom of choice I have living in a somewhat walkable neighborhood.
October 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Only a few years ago, these solar canal canopies were just a theory, but now they're becoming a reality!
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Every bit of progress is worth celebrating, in my opinion, because it helps keep us motivated to fight for a better future.

Learn more in the latest edition of my newsletter Good Climate News at the link in the replies.
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Eating less/no animal products (especially beef), composting food waste, and demanding your community quickly transition away from fossil fuels are great ways to reduce methane emissions — and therefore help coral reefs because not all hope is lost!!
October 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If you want to learn more about any of these stories, check them out in the latest edition of my newsletter at the link in the replies!
October 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Next week the IUCN World Conservation Congress kicks off in Abu Dhabi.

Stay tuned to learn more about how the conservation world will be tackling the climate and biodiversity crises!

#IUCNCongress
October 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Today we lost one of my biggest inspirations for going into the environmental field.

Dr. Jane Goodall will be greatly missed, but we can carry on her legacy by not giving up hope and continuing the fight to make this planet a better place.

Source: ABC Australia
October 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Hurricane Imelda couldn’t stop me from sharing my excitement over oysters with y’all!
September 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM