This week:
Texans have a huge opportunity to get even MORE liberty — from the sun.
Plus: Diabetes is expected to double, the state of carbon removal, A.I. detection tools, future
pandemic prepping, BEES?!, and more
Here's What You Can Do:
⚡️ It’s getting hot out there. Direct your city officials to the Heat Action Platform Policy Tool to explore existing heat adaptation solutions (https://onebillionresilient.org/heat-action-platform/policy-tool-table/?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=life-liberty-and-solar-panels) for your community.
⚡️Thinking of becoming a nurse? Bless you, and thank you. Here are some resources (https://nurse.org/resources/how-to-become-a-nurse/?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=life-liberty-and-solar-panels) including FAQs about education requirements, salary, and benefits.
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⚡️ Defend rights to digital privacy (https://www.eff.org/about?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=life-liberty-and-solar-panels) all over the world by donating to The Electronic Frontier Foundation.
⚡️ Align your money with your values by finding a financial institution near you (https://bank.green/?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=life-liberty-and-solar-panels)with sustainable banking services.
News Roundup
Health & Medicine
• Scientists are engineering microbes (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiVKxLku40G1sjz-oyG9rsaAOfN49Vy4erSuPu7sOYVrUd8NbVimWy4b_OXi5Ev1jj0f3VdJqSedKiiSg0kyzp-QgFABAIlvvVIFK8mqk42-CIwQFmLcI2e3pdG4lyvid_FQRUAgcAJYK_55RDqM_sDpRqMNezKeWJBgfhSrtxYVnO-6BkKH1YgFcm4UZMi_YvWvvN3bSGTgNppwtnShspHPzfx7iTeyRe3YHJSr1-Kb_/3xh/nnKblYQjQeaphqxKt0LOHA/h44/Kgbrbfk-dwtDszrin4SSQDXzMgw7ylasZhePdLCZrDY) to benefit our health and the environment
• A new research model is allowing researchers to gain new insights (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/fC3wmbZCEa9bIMd8xH08qC7Z3zGHGg41rGcei1NAZv4etw3msrePEwBuiaKB_jDdpZKq6W1hxCN06IBZ4G-dVkz5cQz5QuEz3NrinTFmlOJtdFrqCJoyCiVxK6ATBSfEPVPsli8OppRWgtXob68fRXcTVTJO-APFAIkrFPcyqYS6E9l9RBEW7d958IqCuPvapj3tIo7CncgitB1JQAEqT5hCFwCpNHMLD1nOFPYXaAZDRGnDYogDdhBhUh_3GCK090UDbHBr2-tBnNOrv91ygBU9K4wGvGwUl34hfxkQ1Ei6_BOFRZrlopGpLuQGAga9Qg4EvR4IUk1wK9amqYny5Q/3xh/nnKblYQjQeaphqxKt0LOHA/h45/-ZE6BbtrJFZOvD2jUfaZ6UNAKfC29p1ViRDqh8v1GZE) into human embryonic development
• The number of people with diabetes is expected to double by 2050 (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/w3dYILNc3lH6MOK0tu1At8TLq-ECSbm2WfvHkzv_IBFSGRYfESjhdyxP4AgscEwimHJKe3SceWQbX5ssquw0FeYkX4ILK3tI2QAeMi1b7QM5C3vlDfO9LOTtlIoPrn-26ZmEi3d32ujHm1uvvpzMsg/3xh/nnKblYQjQeaphqxKt0LOHA/h46/d7m2NLjXCbVil6dIEm_zyS4fRUkTGKQZOBZoneIUru4) — to 1.3 billion people
• Our terrible health care system, explained by a nurse (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiSI403sS5mDB_wCL6buOybVp0nCPs8mNdJgk5oM42blItY_tBFY76LR9Awtf1iKKrymqXw6W2LL89I8G1yXRrZaMoakBTj-EgUkEwoiik-h6DAUcthSGxjY7aq1BuEn_IjU2HiRBWq7f4q_Zh0wYSvRaPOYLiPKA6kRne_ryk9vGTo31WT1t7qvIBJUdj7LrZnJO4asXerRfpigalmXWUs0/3xh/nnKblYQjQeaphqxKt0LOHA/h47/HsTZ8s913t7veQ_dACs0HLGG0Uo5OItkB89KJPSH3MM)
Climate
• Extreme heat will result in $1 billion in health care costs (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/0Cf1srzExyTE9bt2YpTLVraWPOZWYMqdKnAhJGpILcFyi2R9KpyKiOavC3C2rT1lGhn0ZLXMJaKZLBI3qoePzpm2ciifMQe6Jb_sU7He9UfThXt9HKi4cByrLIQ_TYDEBLOSqf4U1KAlyrcPyfyLHPGGjZmczot6uVQQeOfRA90iw-3hkPmS8MQB-7brCewRH7NZojxAhXfARg9uwJvVnYYinsnW5xcvtdjuD1SBKJqwsmRQESlqnMD_CghVaBq8_qsO6LpP1RMLZTiG2Hm66cF5h8nfdMy_s1ueqdeGYR8/3xh/nnKblYQjQeaphqxKt0LOHA/h48/C3_ZjMZOv7iIdq7_u9tOjPPeKrMFxlpkXDPBEAieuiY) this summer alone
• How you can prevent power outages (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiZGvgG6nunhttBw5MFpQ3ON1Gi8o_MELyVuZDAest7nKuTqXhrcvp7kbPb2vp6j1069JfQm2e79RecZrK5JGvqa6wTKJP7g2Z6Z_aDRDH3bsztWEMLpFwMeX5RSMBUYBG6H3tqHKozcjPbfU2cRvaeOoLja9M_AMPaXQPeLnqTnt7F9oqOEuEr52rVu-liFADjM1i0tTudRr5PVRSnCJ3oa_ZXa1FBvM5PuAXV4mcPNmwQlWUh1dl6n4qK6xKry5XgFRNF3SqXysz5-QRGixsbo/3xh/nnKblYQjQeaphqxKt0LOHA/h49/2goYGud7XC2QmTcEeK8qYpZVXP6N6HjYF4qDPdKVhkY) during a heat wave
• UK ad regulators are clamping down on greenwashing (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiW03GSoUiT5wPCl6L1YVpKbVUZh5h2qtrq7hbsuox3vpvjYEVr0dK3awfN7_8ovlnqpkpxoFUcvKnytMxx4-Kg3gE45Zppx5sD0hUJPe_7cqqNn18B4R2o9adZgDdn0aTIJ3vIX9x7OtuQgiVXcv9kKQ_ZuxLJLWRkuVi7tdOmXx44fDx0_lXikLSbJZn4UEV5M3QHfkaQEMb1KXnnB4dWCbO95gWVnlLGgFxd5oSSBA0zPBIiBjTJhBc-pIxcD_Ao8YHPG5OadeugndP7eD7Bc/3xh/nnKblYQjQeaphqxKt0LOHA/h50/4Q4sUOXqJpFwX6dOH0PW_3_2rVW1DFPY45jSx09AZT8)
• Understand the current state of carbon removal (and the ne...
