🌞 Building a Brighter Beautiful Future: Sunny Climate News Roundup
🗞️ EXTRA, extra: your latest & greatest positive progress on climate & clean energy
🌅 EXTRA, Extra— Sunny Climate News: On the Horizon
“against the horizon A horizon not imagined as any way to anything”
— Ruth Ellen Kocher, She Manifests Her Own Ineffable
1. 🚗🔋⚡🔌 Pedals to the Pollution-Free Metal: Accelerating the Electric Vehicle Transition
US aims for 67% of cars to be EVs by 2032 with ‘revolutionary’ tactic | Here's How Much Money the EPA Thinks Americans Could Save Under Its New EV Plan | Boosting EV market share to 67% of new sales is a huge leap, but automakers can rise to the challenge | Everybody Wants an Electric School Bus | The Next EV Push Is an Overhaul of the Iconic American School Bus | Diesel Buses Harm The Environment. These El Paso School Districts Are Going Electric:
“As many as 25 million children rely on the bus to get to school each day,” says EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan in a news release. “This is just the beginning of our work to build a healthier future, reduce climate pollution, and ensure the clean, breathable air that all our children deserve.”
2. ☀️🌬️⚡🔋Wind & Solar Energizing Everything
‘Entering the clean power era’: Wind and solar generated a record amount of global power in 2022 | Clean energy is moving faster than you think | America’s chance to become a clean-energy superpower | Maryland State Legislature Moves to Permanently Expand Community Solar | First Community Solar Installation Goes Live In Puerto Rico | A new solar energy deal will bring power to 140,000 homes and businesses in 3 states | A huge community solar order is latest in US clean manufacturing boom | What is Community Solar? | How We Helped an NYC Community Say No to a Dirty Gas Plant and Get Wind Power Instead | Wind of Change: Energy Blows Across Nebraska Thanks to Wind Farms:
“The truth is that we’re not really in a policy or advocacy phase anymore,” said Lombardi. “The market’s already driving this … Now it’s really about how creative we can get with the tools we’ve been given.”
Ember 2022 Global Electricity Review:
☀️ Solar & wind are now 12% of global power generation
🌬️ Solar & wind met 80% of global electricity demand growth in 2022
🏭 We're at or near peak fossil fuels in power
3. 🏞️🌎🌍🌏 Honoring a Beautiful Earth for All
Advancing Climate Justice in New York City | Does climate breakdown mean we’re doomed? No: if we’re brave, big change can happen fast | Why Tennessee Expulsions Matter for Climate Action | Learn Earth Day History | Earth Day Resolutions | April is Earth Month! 5 effective Earth Day campaigns |EPA Proposes Major Air Pollution Reforms to Lower Residents’ Cancer Risk Near Industrial Facilities:
New: The EPA has proposed tougher air pollution rules for chemical plants and other industrial facilities after ProPublica found an estimated 74 million Americans near those sites faced an elevated risk of cancer.
Barron's List of Most Sustainable Companies Outperforms S&P by Nearly 30% in 2021:
In the fifth annual Barron's ranking of America's Most Sustainable Companies, shares of the 100 companies on its list a 34.4%, on average, in 2021, besting the S&P 500 index's 28.7%. Overall, 47 of the companies beat the index. The list of companies in these rankings have consistently outperformed the S&P 500
I appreciate you catching up on sunny climate news here. Thanks for all you for do! For a more beautiful tomorrow, today— the future thanks you, too.
“Joy is the inexplicable coincidence. Joy is what was meant to be. The mystery of impossibility happening. The assurance of uncertainty.” —J. Drew Lanham, JOY IS THE JUSTICE WE GIVE OURSELVES
What do you think? What sunny climate news are you noticing in your bright, beautiful world?