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Extreme weather events-
US heat wave: Over 100 mil people under alert in 28 states | The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/07/20/heatwave-us-record-oklahoma-texas/
Sweltering streets: Hundreds of homeless die in extreme heat | Fox10 Pheonix: https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/sweltering-streets-hundreds-homeless-die-extreme-heat
Climate victories-
Two million to access solar power in Nigeria | Energy Monitor: https://www.energymonitor.ai/policy/just-transition/two-million-to-access-solar-power-in-rural-nigeria
Nigeria’s Vice President HE Professor Yemi Osinbajo launches world-class Integrated Energy Planning Tool | Sustainable Energy for All: https://www.seforall.org/news/nigerias-vice-president-he-professor-yemi-osinbajo-launches-world-class-integrated-energy
All-Africa energy access costs the same as building one LNG terminal a year, IEA | Energy Monitor: https://www.energymonitor.ai/policy/just-transition/all-africa-energy-access-costs-the-same-as-building-one-lng-terminal-a-year-iea
Indonesian islanders sue cement producer for climate damages | The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/20/indonesian-islanders-sue-cement-holcim-climate-damages?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220721&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
Climate emergency is a legacy of colonialism, says Greenpeace UK | The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/21/climate-emergency-is-a-legacy-of-colonialism-says-greenpeace-uk?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220721&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
Biden Announces Plans to Deal With Climate ‘Emergency’ | The NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/us/politics/biden-climate-emergency.html?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220721&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
USPS to more than double order of electric trucks | The Hill: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3567563-usps-to-more-than-double-order-of-electric-trucks/?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220721&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
Gray space-
Hotec advances plan to build nuclear reactors; submits federal loan and signs Entergy MOU | Axios: https://www.axios.com/pro/climate-deals/2022/07/20/holtec-advances-74b-plan-to-build-4-smrs?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosgenerate&stream=top
Small Modular Reactors May Produce More Nuclear Waste, Study Says | Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-30/small-modular-reactors-may-produce-far-more-nuclear-waste-study-says
Climate fails-
Jet Zero: UK outlines net-zero aviation plan on hottest ever day | CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/19/jet-zero-uk-outlines-net-zero-aviation-plan-on-hottest-ever-day.html
Environmental justice and power plant emissions in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative states | PLOS ONE: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0271026&utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220721&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
Chemical news-
FUEL SPILL: 30,000 gal of diesel spilled in Exuma | Eyewitness News: https://ewnews.com/oil-spill-30000-gallons-of-fuel-spilled-in-exuma