Four good news climate stories from 2023

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From skyscraper wind turbines and cheaper solar panels to 'mammoth' meatballs - here are some of the green positives to take from the past year

We don't want to give you the wrong idea: things are bad. Antarctic ice sheets are melting, the fossil fuel lobby was everywhere at the COP28 talks, and even solutions like electric cars have their problems....

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