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Wind, solar, EVs, can prevent catastrophic climate change, says new IPCC report

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In the landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released today , there’s good news and bad news. We’re spotlighting the good news: EVs and clean energy can help us limit climate change.

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IEEE Educational Video for Kids Spotlights Climate Change

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When it comes to addressing climate change, the “in unity there’s strength” adage certainly applies. Using age-appropriate language, the video, which is posted on TryEngineering’s climate change page , explores the issue through visual models and scientific explanations.

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How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

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For electricity generation, this means the United States alone needs to increase renewable-energy capacities by 10 times over the next 12 years , which roughly translates to a mind-boggling 400,000 more wind turbines and 2.5 billion more solar panels. Why aren’t there more roboticists working on climate change?

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Rivian CEO issues urgent memo to confront existential threat of climate change

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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said now is the time to act on climate change to protect the planet for our kids and their kids’ kids’ kids’. The company’s utility-scale solar project in Tennesee and Starfire Solar project on a former coal mining site in Kentucky are already bringing renewable energy to local businesses and communities.

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EGEB: Nordex unveils a 6 MW onshore wind turbine

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): German wind turbine maker Nordex unveils its first 6 MW onshore turbine. More than 200 health journals globally call for emergency climate change action. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Only 4% of TV news correctly connected Hurricane Beryl to climate change

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Importantly, climate change helped this storm break these records and do so much damage. Only 4% of media’s Beryl coverage included mention of climate change, according to an analysis by Media Matters. That said, we must remember that “ weather is not climate.”

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Global wind capacity will more than double by 2030 (but it’s a shortfall)

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Photo by Kindel Media on Pexels.com National targets set by governments add up to just over a doubling of the global wind capacity by 2030, but fall short of tripling, according to a new report. The current sum of 2030 national wind targets is 2,157 gigawatts (GW), a 2.4x The analysis suggests that global wind capacity will double.

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