Illinois governor pardons 11,000 for low-level marijuana convictions

Democrat JB Pritzker says pardons represent first wave of thousands expected under state’s new marijuana legalization law
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/31/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-pardons-11000-marijuana-convictions?source=Snapzu

Greyhound is giving free tickets to runaways who want to return home

To get a ticket home, young people between the ages of 12 and 21 must call the NRS helpline (1-800-RUNAWAY). They must be named on a runaway report and be willing to return to their family. The family or guardian also needs to agree to receive them at home.
Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/31/us/greyhound-runaway-kids-home-free-ticket-trnd/index.html?source=Snapzu

Good News! Total Forest Cover In India Increases By 5,188 Sq Km, Says 2019 Forest Report

While releasing the report, Javadekar said that there is an increase of 42.6 million tonnes in the carbon stock of the country as compared to the last assessment of 2017.
Read more: https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/good-news-total-forest-cover-in-india-increases-by-5188-sq-km-says-2019-forest-report-503279.html?source=Snapzu

How Will History Books Remember the 2010s?

We asked 23 top historians to write the paragraph that will describe the past decade, 100 years from now.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2019/12/27/how-will-history-books-remember-the-2010s-089796?source=Snapzu

Canada's largest solar farm gets approval for southern Alberta

A Calgary-based company has received regulatory approval to build a massive solar farm, the largest facility of its type in Canada, in southern Alberta. Greengate Power Corp., which has already developed close to 600 MW of wind power projects in Alberta and Ontario, plans to begin construction on its Travers Solar project in 2020. The $500-million project will be located on 1,900 hectares of grazing land near the village of Lomond in Vulcan County. It’s projected to generate 400 MW of electricity, making it one of the world’s largest operating solar energy projects.
Read more: https://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/canadas-largest-solar-farm-gets-approval-for-southern-alberta?source=Snapzu

Alex Jones must pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook case

The Infowars founder has been sued by the father of a child killed in the 2012 US school shooting.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50960730?source=Snapzu

A scientist who genetically edited babies to be HIV-resistant was just sentenced to 3 years in prison. Here's how he did it and why scientists around the world are outraged.

He Jiankui, the scientist in China who shocked the world in 2018 when he claimed responsibility for the births of the first two genetically edited babies, has been sentenced to three years in prison, according to Chinese state media reports on Monday.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/he-jiankui-sentenced-to-3-years-in-prison-for-gene-editing-embryos-2019-12?source=Snapzu