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Quote-ovoltaic Climate Power: "The ultimate, hidden truth of the world, is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently."
—David Graeber
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"Our electric resistance to darkness"
— Quoted from poet Dasha Kelly Hamilton, The Library
1. 🌎🌍🌏 Earth Month IS Every Month
Celebrate Earth Day Every Day with community climate action. And learn about the History of Earth Day with this quick (2-min) explainer from CleanChoice Energy: What is the History of Earth Day?
in 1970, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin organized a nationwide "teach-in" to raise awareness for environmental issues such as air and water pollution. Organizers strategically planned the event for late April so that college students would still be in school and spring weather would be here in most of the country. On April 22, 1970, the very first Earth Day, more than 2,000 colleges and universities, 10,000 public schools, and 20 million citizens participated—nearly 10 percent of the U.S. population at the time! The first Earth Day led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency later that year, as well as the passage of the National Environmental Education Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and the Clean Air Act.
Once you’re read-up, check out this list and commit to your own Earth Day Resolutions.
2. ⚡🌷☀️ Renewable Revolution in Superbloom
Solar and Wind Are Growing Faster Than Fledgling Nuclear and LNG Once Did | From peak to plummet in 15 years: Coal continues its precipitous decline | Lithium Prices Are Down, Cheaper Batteries and EVs Could Follow| DOE releases strategy to reach 30 GW offshore wind by 2030, aiming to cut costs 30%, to $51/MWh | US Solar Market Insight
3. ⚖️🚨✊🏿 Climate Justice NOW More than Ever
The tiny island nation of Vanuatu just scored a big climate win | Report Outlines Environmental Effects of Systemic Racism in Boston, Highlights Climate Action Opportunities | Climate planning could advance racial justice in Boston | Action-Oriented Resources to Help Businesses Address Climate Change and Social Justice
“Racial justice and climate justice are inextricably linked. Communities of color are disproportionately harmed by racial injustice and climate injustice,” said Rev. Vernon Walker, a program director at Massachusetts-based nonprofit Communities Responding to Extreme Weather. “We certainly do need more investment in climate resiliency in environmental justice communities as extreme weather is a threat to people and infrastructure, and I am delighted that this report mentions that.”
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.
ChatGPT History of Earth Day Poem
On April twenty-second, we celebrate
A day for Earth, our precious mate
But do you know the story true
Of how this day first came to view?
In nineteen seventy, it began
As voices rose to take a stand
Against pollution, that awful blight
That threatened all, both day and night
Gaylord Nelson, a senator bright
Proposed a day to shed some light
On issues that we can't ignore
To save our planet, to restore
The idea spread, like wildfire fierce
And people came, from far and near
To march and protest, to demand
That we take action, lend a hand
And so Earth Day was born that year
To raise awareness, to inspire
To work together, to be wise
And make our planet a paradise
Now every year, we celebrate
This day for Earth, our precious mate
To honor those who led the way
And keep the fight alive each day.
“An understanding of the natural world and what’s in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment.” — David Attenborough