🌎 Haggling Over The Future
This week:
This week: Are car dealers the devil? And why?
Plus, the news:
- 🇨🇳 Can we build a green economy without China?
- 🦆 Bird flu, explained
- 🇷🇺 Russia quits the Black Sea grain deal
- 🤖 A.I. journalists
- And more!
Here's What You Can Do:
- Donate to Grid Alternatives, an organization building community-powered clean energy solutions that advance economic and environmental justice.
- Volunteer your school or workplace to participate in the EPA’s Clean Air in Buildings Challenge.
- Get educated about leasing an EV with electrek’s cultivated list of Factory Lease offers.
- Purchase fresh produce from your local farms with GrownBy (and if you’re a farmer, starting selling on the app).
- Invest in a better world with Impact Assets, and ensure your philanthropic dollars are making a measurable difference.
News Roundup
Health & Medicine
- It’s time to get serious about bird flu
- How long Covid is impacting the Global South
- Family homelessness is on the rise, and the Federation of Scientists is crowdsourcing for national policies to increase housing supply. Submit your idea here.
- Tornado damage to Pfizer plant will likely lead to long term shortages of medicine great great
Climate
- Why the impacts of climate change are escalating so quickly
- A new registry could make carbon removal more accessible, and more trustworthy, maybe?
- China’s role in America’s green economy
- What the warming planet means for the future of pathogens and diseases
Food & Water
- Vegan (ahem, plant-based) diets result in 75% less emissions, water pollution, and land use 🤝 🫘👩🌾
- Manufacturing silicon chips requires a shit ton of water
- Russia has quit its grain deal with Ukraine — originally made to avert a global food crisis — and will target commercial ships in the Black Sea
- School lunches are now free in six states
Beep Boop
- Bots are grabbing students personal data when they complete online assignments. We shouldn’t do this?
- Google is testing a new A.I. tool that can write news articles
- Secretaries of State are getting ready for AI-fueled disinformation during the 2024 campaign
- Facebook messages could be used in a Nebraska abortion case
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