How an Obscure US Agency Became a Linchpin for Climate Policy | The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted 2-to-1 in a partisan split on Monday on a new rule that could help speed up wind & solar (www.nytimes.com)
Web publishers brace for carnage as Google adds AI answers (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Climate change is affecting mental health literally everywhere (yaleclimateconnections.org)
It’s Not Your Imagination. Your Allergies Are Getting Worse. (www.nytimes.com)
Seasonal allergies are nothing new, but they’ve been worsening as the climate grows warmer. The growing season starts earlier now — in North America an average of 20 days earlier — and lasts longer, too, extending the length of time when plants are pumping pollen into the air. And the resulting misery arises not just...
Cloud Brightening Study in California Is Halted by Local Officials (www.nytimes.com)
U.S. banks hold trillions of dollars off-balance sheet, in a replay of accounting hubris that led to the 2008 Wall Street collapse (wallstreetonparade.com)
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Banks have given almost $7tn to fossil fuel firms since Paris deal, report reveals (www.theguardian.com)
UK Tory row to ignite over subsidies to wood-burning power stations | No more funding should be handed to biomass electricity until it can prove it does not worsen climate change, MPs say (www.thetimes.co.uk)
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If you care about US democracy, tell your congressperson to support the Fair Representation Act! (p2a.co)
The Fair Representation Act has been re-introduced in Congress. This bold solution can stop gerrymandering and make Congress work for every American....
Lawn in bloom (i.imgur.com)
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Criticizing Israel? Nonprofit Media Could Lose Tax-Exempt Status Without Due Process (theintercept.com)
Media Scorn Gaza Protesters for Recognizing Corporate Reporters Aren’t Their Friends (fair.org)
As Peace Protests Are Violently Suppressed, CNN Paints Them as Hate Rallies (fair.org)
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The Disinformation Machine: How Susceptible Are We to AI Propaganda? (hai.stanford.edu)
We Can Get the Electricity We Need Without Frying the Planet (or Our Pocketbooks) (www.nytimes.com)
Exclusive first look: Here's Chrome OS running on an Android phone (www.androidauthority.com)
Persistent Brazil floods raise specter of climate migration (www.reuters.com)
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New Rules to Overhaul Electric Grids Could Boost Wind and Solar Power | FERC approved the biggest changes in more than a decade to the way U.S. power lines are planned and funded. (www.nytimes.com)
China's 1st large-scale sodium battery energy storage station put into operation (cnevpost.com)
European made batteries could be 60% less carbon intensive than Chinese, researchers urging Europe to support investments (www.transportenvironment.org)
Onshoring the EV supply chain to Europe would cut the emissions of producing a battery by 37% compared to a China-controlled supply chain, according to new analysis by Transport & Environment (T&E). This carbon saving rises to over 60% when renewable electricity is used. Producing Europe’s demand for battery cells and...
Who is most to blame for climate change? Regardless of the answer, global cooperation is critical (www.salon.com)
Major ChatGPT-4o update allows audio-video talks with an “emotional” AI chatbot (arstechnica.com)
Should You “Put Your Life In Order” Before Criticizing the World? (www.currentaffairs.org)
Karl Marx’s home life was a hot mess. Jordan Peterson can’t keep his room clean. So what?
Activists Attempt to Storm Tesla Gigafactory in Germany (unicornriot.ninja)
