🌞 Sunny Climate Chronicles: Stories of Hope and Progress
🗞️ EXTRA, extra: your latest & greatest positive progress on climate & clean energy
🌅 EXTRA, Extra— Sunny Climate News: On the Horizon
🗣️ Quote-ovoltaic Climate Power: “When we lift from the bottom, we all rise.” –Miya Yoshitani
1. Clear Clean Energy Plan, Full Heart, Can’t Lose
🌞 An Optimistic Guide to America’s Clean-Energy Future
When it comes to climate change, "we’re no longer totally f$#@ed, but we’re not totally unf$#@ed either. We’re in the messy middle. Every 10th of a degree ... matters tremendously." —Jesse Jenkins
Idle Oil Wells' Next Act? Becoming Batteries for Renewable Energy | Renewable Energy Is Charging Ahead | Airbnb will help some hosts pay for new heat pumps | After a four-year campaign, New York says yes to publicly owned renewables | Why this successful climate writer quit to become an electrician | SolarShare Wisconsin Cooperative aims to make investing in the state’s new solar farms accessible to all | California’s Clean Energy Research and Development Program Delivers 10x Return on Investment | Five state energy leaders describe how IRA incentives are helping their states | A new report found that clean energy technology can reduce energy costs for low-income people | A March study from Recurrent Motors found EV batteries are reliable and long-lasting | AI makes wind farms safer for birds— a win for green energy expansion | Connect the Dots on the Impact of the Renewable Grid on Health and the Environment
2. Creating Climates of Power & Possibility
🌞 Shape climate communications that promotes hope and catalyze action
🧭 Cool Climate Tool: Climate of Possibility Toolkit
Report says 2022 may mark the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era | | The future of sustainable fashion: self-healing mushroom-based leather | Writers start campaign to push publishing towards carbon neutrality | Oklahoma is about to get one of the largest solar cell factories in the US | Why Investing in Climate Action During a Recession Is a Smart Business Move | New York takes big step toward renewable energy in ‘historic’ climate win
“[The Build Public Renewables Act is] a historic win for the climate and for clean jobs,” said Lee Ziesche, organizer with Public Power New York, a coalition that has been fighting to pass the legislation for the past four years. “It’ll create a model of public power for the whole country, and it’s really showing that our energy should be a public good.”
3. Enormous Team of Heroes Vs. Enormous Odds
🧭 Cool Climate Tool: Could This New App Help People Become More Climate Literate?
Ordinary people doing extraordinary things | A landmark investigation brings environmental justice to rural Alabama | A historic Black community fights to block Arizona utility’s expansion plan | The EPA extends federal protection to tribal waters | Brazil’s president returns 800 square miles of Indigenous Iand to its original caretakers | How changing the United Nations will help Indigenous peoples and the world | Q&A: BBC’s climate lead, Justin Rowlatt, finds more room for hope in climate storytelling | 8 AAPI Climate Voices to Follow
Essay on how Healthcare Professionals can help the world rise to the challenge of the climate crisis: Learning to treat the climate emergency together: social tipping interventions by the health community
What brightness are you glinting out there in the wide wonderful world? Let me know!
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.
🧭 Cool Climate Tool: The Power of Urban Trees + Report
In light of the escalating attacks on the trans community and basic democracy, some articles addressing the links between trans rights and climate justice
How Environmental and Climate Injustice Affects the LGBTQI+ Community
Queer & Present Danger Research Findings— Podcast: Queer and Present Danger: The LGBTQ+ Community Adapts to Climate Change + Research Paper: Queer and present danger: understanding the disparate impacts of disasters on LGBTQ+ communities
Pride for People and Planet: The Intersectionality of Climate Action and Queer/Trans Justice
😡 Climate Rage Corner (let if fuel further action for JUSTICE):
From Climate Power: The top five oil companies - Exxon, Chevron, BP, Shell and ConocoPhillips - made a combined $35 billion in profits in just the first three months of 2023.
Exxon: $11.6 billion in profits; $8 billion in stock buybacks and dividends for wealthy shareholders.
Chevron: $6.7 billion in profits; $6.7 billion in stock buybacks and dividends
BP: $4.96 billion in profits; $3.7 billion on stock buybacks and dividends
Shell: $9.6 billion in profits; $6.3 billion on stock buybacks and dividends
ConocoPhillips: $2.9 billion in profits; $3.2 billion on stock buybacks and dividends
📣 Climate Power Clean Energy Boom Advocacy Resources
Here are a few materials, including Climate Power’s previous reports as well:
States Report: The Clean Energy Boom in the States (*NEW* today)
National Report: National Clean Energy Boom
R District Report: Clean Energy in Republican House Districts
Data Set: All Clean Energy Boom Projects (this includes States and Congressional districts)
Website: thecleanenergyplan.com
Social Media: Twitter here and a toolkit here (includes national and state-specific graphics)
Climate Culture Corner
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Memes
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