Good news on energy, environment, resources
Virtually all net new U.S. electricity generating capacity this year will come from solar, wind and battery storage, says Fix the News, citing data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
And in more than half of the states, lawmakers have introduced bipartisan legislation to increase the adoption of do-it-yourself solar, according to Canary Media. “Balcony solar” involves attaching a solar panel to a balcony railing.
Among the more than 30 items in the Fix the News section requiring a subscription:
— In the Ukrainian part of the Danube Delta, wetland restoration efforts have reconnected the waters of the River Danube with Lake Kartal, says Rewilding Europe.
— Giant tortoises have been reintroduced to the Galapagos island of Floreana 180 years after their population was decimated by pirates and whalers, says Earth Hope. The goal is that they’ll engineer an ecosystem facilitating the return of another 12 species of rare birds and reptiles that once called the island home.
— Spider silk is five times stronger than steel by weight and could be used to create improved bulletproof vests, ultra-light jet planes, and next-generation vaccine delivery. But we can’t farm spiders for their silk because they’ll eat each other. So genetically modified silkworms are doing the spinning, says National Geographic.
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AP: U.S. deports more migrants to Eswatini; it’s one of at least 7 African nations with ‘largely secretive agreements’ to accept them
U.S. issues 30-day sanctions waiver for purchase of Russian oil ‘stranded at sea’
Reuters: ‘With Iran war exit elusive, Trump aides vie to affect outcome’
Senate passes, 89-10, housing bill to improve access and affordability
Missouri judge rejects challenge to new U.S. House districts that are backed by Trump
Heather Cox Richardson on the effects of billionaires’ campaign donations on the U.S. political system
WSJ: Exodus of money endangers Wall Street’s private credit craze, but 'dramatic collapses are unlikely'
NYTimes Magazine: ‘The end of computer programming as we know it’
WSJ: Psychotherapy is increasingly a female-dominated profession, and that may have implications for boys and men
ProPublica: Under Trump, veterans keep losing their therapists
KFF: Medicare Advantage ‘dark money’ group tries to get higher payments for insurance companies
KFF: Families are scrambling to pay 5-figure bills as clock ticks on promised preauthorization reforms
KFF: Doctors warn of a deadly complication from measles
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