Opinion:
¶ “Let’s Put Sheldon Whitehouse In The White House!” • After the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision on immunity, Senator Whitehouse took to social media to express his outrage. He said, “We face three huge threats: persistent internal attacks on our democracy, unbridled climate upheaval, and a captured Court with some deeply corrupt justices.” [CleanTechnica]
Photo provided by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s office
World:
¶ “Hurricane Beryl Forecast: Storm Slamming Jamaica With Life-Threatening Conditions” • Hurricane Beryl is slamming Jamaica with life-threatening impacts. As of Wednesday evening, Beryl remains at Category 4 criteria, with winds now at 130 mph as it starts its push away from Jamaica, passing near the island’s southwest corner. [ABC News]
¶ “EVs Take 85.3% Share In Norway – Tesla Takes Top Spots” • The June auto market saw plugin EVs take 85.3% share in Norway, down from 90.9% year on year. Battery EVs took 80.0% share, down from 82.2% YOY, despite volume growth. Overall auto volume in June was 17,512 units, up 12.5% YOY, while year-to-date volume remains 8% down. [CleanTechnica]
Tesla Model Y (Murphy Zheng, Unsplash, cropped)
¶ “Research With Insurers And Pension Funds Shows A Desire To Invest Across A Range Of Renewable Energy Technologies” • A survey of UK pension funds and insurers that manage a total of over £350 billion in assets shows a preference for diversification of renewable energy assets. Nearly 90% of survey respondents plan to invest more in onshore wind. [IFA Magazine]
¶ “Record Electricity From Green Power In Germany” • At 140 TWh, more renewable electricity was generated in Germany in the first half of 2024 than ever before, accounting for 65% of net public electricity generation, data from the Fraunhofer Institute shows. Fossil fuels output continues to decline as do the prices for electricity on the exchange. [CleanTechnica]
Sunset and turbine (Joseph-Evan-Capelli, CC-BY-SA 3.0)
¶ “Government Approves Direct Sales Of Renewable Power” • Renewable power can be sold through private transmission lines without having to go through Vietnam Electricity. Solar, wind, biomass, micro-hydropower, geothermal, wave, and tidal energy plants are included in a government decree on direct power purchase agreements. [VnExpress International]
¶ “India Solar Power Output Growth Slows As Coal Generation Jumps” • Growth in power generation from solar installations in India declined over the first half of the year while coal generation rose by 10.4% in the period. Solar output growth was the slowest in six years. Coal generation, on the other hand, surged with an increase in demand. [OilPrice.com]
Bhadla Solar Power Plant (Sarvajanik Puralekh, CC-BY-SA 2.0)
¶ “European Energy Secures Solar PPA From The Danish State Railways” • A solar park is set to be built in eastern Denmark after Danish State Railways has signed an agreement with European Energy to buy some of the power. The Lidsø Solar Park, which will be at Rødby Harbour in Lolland Municipality, will be one of the biggest in Denmark. [pv magazine International]
¶ “75% Of Italians Are Against Nuclear Power” • Some 75% of Italians are against nuclear power, a poll shows. Italy abandoned its nuclear power program in 1987, a year after the Chernobyl disaster, but the government’s plan for the Green transition features a mixture of renewable sources including 10% nuclear, which officials said will come small reactors. [MSN]
Florence (Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC-BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “RE100 Has No Plan To Include Nuclear Power, Says Energy Director” • Sam Kimmins, the director of energy of the Climate Group, a nonprofit that co-launched RE100, told a climate forum in Taipei that the group is often asked whether it will consider nuclear power as a source of renewable electricity as defined by RE100. “The answer is no.” [Focus Taiwan]
US:
¶ “Glaciers On Alaskan Ice Field Melting At ‘Incredibly Worrying’ Pace, Study Finds” • The glaciers on a major Alaskan ice field are melting twice as fast as recorded over a decade ago. Researchers say the rate of ice loss is “incredibly worrying.” The research, led by scientists at Newcastle University in the UK, was published in Nature Communications. [ABC News]
Juneau Icefield (Gillfoto, CC-BY-SA 4.0)
¶ “Heat Wave Sets In On West Coast With Worst Yet To Come” • Heat alerts were issued for 21 states from Washington to Florida on Wednesday, with more than 90 million on alert for extreme weather. The dangerous heat is just beginning in the West, but it has already claimed the life of a 10-year-old boy who was hiking in Phoenix on Tuesday. [ABC News]
¶ “Biden-Harris Admin Over $600 Million Available For Projects That Reconnect Communities” • US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the third round of the popular Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program. The program’s most recent funding has more than $600 million available. [CleanTechnica]
Introducing an electric bus (Courtesy of the EPA)
¶ “The State Of Electric School Bus Adoption In The US” • More than 21 million US children ride school buses, and over 90% of which run on diesel fuel. Diesel exhaust is a known carcinogen, with proven links to serious issues for both physical health and cognitive development. With more electric school buses on the road, these risks can be reduced. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “California Approves $475 Million For Port Upgrades” • A $10 billion piece of climate bond legislation, SB 867, was approved by California lawmakers. It includes $475 million for upgrades to make the state’s ports floating wind-ready. The investments in upgrade swill be crucial for the Golden State’s goals of 5 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and 25 GW by 2045. [reNews]
Have a uniformly funny day.
geoharvey 
Leave a comment