๐ 3 Renewable Vibes to Power Your Horizons: Sunny Climate News
๐๏ธ EXTRA, extra: immaculate & impactful climate & clean energy vibes are on the wayโ with your aid
๐ EXTRA, Extraโ Sunny Climate News: On the Horizon
The vibes are off-the-charts but simple this week:
Energy
Health
Love
1. ENERGY
Report charts path to phasing out fossil fuels in homes: These first years are critically important as they will define the ramp of adoption over the next twenty years. The faster we move now, the more readily we will achieve our goals. European Power Prices Fall Below Zero With Green Power Boom: Consumers could be paid to consume electricity / Soaring renewable production sends power prices negative US utility-scale solar outlook improves on easing supply chain limits: They anticipate developers will install 7 GW this year and 6 GW in 2024, with annual residential installations climbing to 12 GW by the end of the decade. DOE offers $5.1M in prizes for wind turbine recycling innovations: A lot of the rare earth materials are surrounded by other metals that are recycled right now, and the amRnt of the rare earth element material is relatively low compared to the material around it, Want to see how states can maximize federal clean energy investments? The surge of clean energy investment across the nation is living proof of what forward-looking companies and investors have been saying for years: strong public policy to confront the climate crisis and build out the infrastructure to do so is not just an imperative for the good of the planet but a massive economic opportunity.
2. HEALTH
Keep cool(er) with ideas for cooling off without air conditioning and sleep better without simply blasting the A/C. Also, drink more water.ย ย Plus How to keep your home cool in extreme heat. Your air conditioner isn't built for this heat. 5 tips can boost performance. Longer heatwaves driven by โturbo-chargedโ climate change, says new study. What to do (and avoid) in extreme heat. Little-known but efficient, a different way to heat and cool your house This heatwave is a climate omen. But itโs not too late to change course, from a Climate Scientist & Commincator. Paris when it sizzles: The city of light aims to get smart on heat. How to keep your dog safe in the heat, according to an emergency vet. Can extremely reflective white paint save the planet? Stay heat-vigilant with: The Heat Tracker
3 Grand Challenges for Climate Change and Health:
1๏ธโฃ promote actions that reduce carbon emissions and improve health
2๏ธโฃ build low-carbon climate-resilient health systems
3๏ธโฃ implement public health measures that protect people
3. LOVE
Our Favorite National Parks: I love coming here in summer or fall to hike the many trails or go glamping nearby with our dog, but if I could it would be worth coming to even just for one deep breath of the pine and Appalachian hardwoods Disaster Recovery Efforts Can Serve More Than One Goal: โWhatever the specifics, a multisolving recovery would ensure that every dollar and every hour of investment serves more than one goal. It would design for the future thatโs coming, not the past we once knew. It would expand the idea of recovery to include nature and community, as well as bridges and roads.โ โElizabeth Sawin "[P]eople gathered to collectively grieve and experience joy as a way towards connection to our environment and one another โ and towards action." Activist Bill McKibben rallies adults over age 60 to fight for climate action: โLegacy is something very real. Itโs the world you leave behind for the people you love the most. And weโre in some danger of being the first generations to leave the world a much shabbier place than we found it, and people do not want that.โ โBill McKibben This Climate Rave Aims to Help People with Eco-Grief and Anxiety: โThis is what the city could look like and this is how we could be coming together if we were actively recognizing our environmental reality together, on a regular basis.โ At a shuttered Texas coal mine, a 1-acre garden is helping feed 2,000 people per month: โWe want to take people out and show them this form of reclamation, a second purpose, not only mining the coal for energy, but utilizing the ground afterward.โ
What brightness are you up-to beautifying our world? Let us know in the comments!
Thanks for plugging-in & all you do! For tomorrow, todayโ the future thanks you, too.
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