This week’s optimistic environmental news:

Everyone agrees: renewables are awesome

A majority of both Republicans and Democrats support solar farms and wind turbines, according to a new Pew study.

Put that carbon back where you found it

California is paying farmers to use their crops as carbon-sucking machines

Life beyond plastic

Cities and businesses across the world continue to ban plastic bags and straws, from Vancouver to Vanuatu to Brisbane to Shake Shack.

A change is gonna come

Alaska, a “deep red” Republican state, is now drafting an aggressive climate action plan. Because climate change is “impossible to ignore.”

Not so fast

A federal appeals court ordered construction to halt on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, saying the permit didn’t consider the impact on endangered species