^ I'm afraid that headline is just too depressing for me to read the article, Psy-Fi.
It's in the nature of this thread that the good news stories are mostly insignificant in the face of general environmental trends. Here's a small step in a good direction which is unlikely to make any discernable difference :-
Turkmenistan's President Wants To Close "Gates Of Hell" :
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...hnk/index.html
Notice that the story is about a declaration of intent only; watch this space for when it actually happens. Also watch this space for a resolution of the similar long-burning probs at Centralia, Pennsylvania.