🌞 COWBOY CARTER ★ KNTRY Radio edition: Sunny ★ Climate ★ News
🗞️ EXTRA, extra: renewable power riding into the horizon with Queen B in this week's Sunny Climate News
🌅 EXTRA, Extra— Sunny Climate News: on the Horizon ★
Howdy, hive! 🤠 Here’s your sunny climate news by a few stand-out tracks from Beyoncé’s 🔥 new album COWBOY CARTER:
Renewable AMERIICAN REQUIEM
Planet PROTECTOR
YA YA Solar Power
1. Renewable AMERIICAN REQUIEM
Nothin' really ends
For things to stay the same, they have to change again
—Beyoncé, AMERIICAN REQUIEM
US renewables’ installed generating capacity beats coal
Last coal plants in New England to close; renewables take their place
Efficiency and clean energy are options for meeting demand growth before gas generation
“This historic victory is a testament to the strength and resolve of those who never wavered in the fight for their communities and future,” said Ben Jealous, Sierra Club Executive Director. “The people of New Hampshire and all of New England will soon breathe cleaner air and drink safer water, and I’m incredibly proud to see the region continue to grow as a leader in the clean energy transition.”
Geothermal cuts emissions and costs at these Minnesota public schools
How Two Top Car Salesmen Pitch EVs, One in Trump Country and One on Biden’s Turf
US investment in clean energy: Lack of Capital Isn’t the Problem in Meeting Net-Zero Bill
2020: $85 billion
2021: $114 billion
2022: $141 billion
2023: $303 billion
Joe Biden wants to make mac and cheese with clean energy
Here’s how much money you’ll get with the Inflation Reduction Act
White House funds $6B to decarbonize US industrial sector
US energy storage capacity rises 4.2 GW in Q4 2023, full-year additions up 90% over 2022
Sunrise Wind Project Will Power More Than 320,000 Homes
US offshore wind energy development could ensure East Coast grid reliability
Can you stand me?
Can we stand for something?
Now is the time to face the wind
Now ain't the time to pretend
Now is the time to let love in
Together, can we stand?
—Beyoncé, AMERIICAN REQUIEM
2. Planet PROTECTOR
Look for the helpers: Virginia climate volunteers connect with service providers on weatherization effort
U.S. clamps down on oil and gas firms releasing potent greenhouse gas
A data scientist’s case for ‘cautious optimism’ about climate change
Many people want to make a difference; they just don’t know what to do or are bombarded with so many suggestions that they become overwhelmed. We need to focus on the big stuff and spend less time and energy on things that don’t make much difference. —Hannah Ritchie
Meet the writers pitching Hollywood studios on climate change stories
Elizabeth Kolbert wants us to rethink the stories we tell about climate change
Secondhand clothing on track to take 10% of global fashion sales
Extreme heat summit to urge leaders to act on threat from rising temperatures
New warning system could save lives during wildfires
As climate change threatens cultural treasures, museums get creative to conserve both energy and artifacts
World’s first-ever global emissions tax takes a step closer to reality
EPA sets new emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles in effort to fight climate change
Ad campaign uses humor to urge Americans to ditch natural gas
And there I was, tangled up in marigold
We were listenin' to the reverent children singin'
Hummin' low as the garden river flows
While the August light becomes a golden evenin'
—Beyoncé, PROTECTOR
We are powerful and unstoppable when we work together. The quest for environmental justice is an ongoing “marathon relay.” —Dr. Robert Bullard, Father of Environmental Justice
Even though I know, someday, you're gonna shine on your own
I will be your projector,
And even though I know, someday, you're gonna shine on your own
I will be your protector, born to be a protector
—Beyoncé, PROTECTOR
3. YA YA Solar Power
Ohio greenlights massive solar, storage and agrivoltaics project
Can massive solar power expansion regenerate the US’s iconic prairies?
We have the technologies to cut building emissions, let's use them
Small Solar Is Driving Biggest Green Market in Latin America
What is solar thermal?
Beneath Solar Panels, the Seeds of Opportunity Sprout
My family live and died in America, hm
Good ol' USA
Whole lotta red in that white and blue,
History can't be erased, ooh
You lookin' for a new America?
Are you tired, workin' time and a half for half the pay?
—Beyoncé, YA YA
New Tool Will Connect Low-Income Households to Community Solar
Webinar: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Grid Impact Study
Webinar: Clean Energy Connector: How States Can Provide Community Solar to Low-Income Communities
Webinar: National Community Solar Partnership 2023 Annual Update
Webinar Recording: Achieving Scale – Community Solar Technical Potential and Meaningful Benefits in the United States
EIA latest⚡ US clean renewable power to NEAR 100% of NET capacity additions in 2024: 📈 ~70 GigaWatts ➕ of new capacity.
🏭 On the whole, fossil-fuels fall ➖ ~2 GW: 🚂 coal down 2 GW & ⛽ gas ➕ up 0.6 GW.
🌅 Renewables rise 🌞 solar ➕ ~45 GW, 🌬️ wind ➕ 8 GW, & 🔋storage ➕ 15 GW
If you ain't got no grits, get the fuck up out the South
—Beyoncé, YA YA
That’s it for now! Thanks for riding onward to more beautiful-renewable worlds. 💚
Stay clean-energy-cool & plugged-in:
Let us know your favorite COWBOY CARTER tracks & what brightness you’re up-to:
Finally—THANK YOU, for all you do! For tomorrow, today— the future thanks you, too.
Last week’s edition:
Climate Poetry Corner
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