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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%" class="ContentPasted0">1. Renewables supplied 65% of new US utility-scale generating capacity in the first quarter of this year, not counting rooftop solar. Renewables are now at 28% of US
generating capacity. </span><a href="https://electrek.co/2023/05/15/renewables-us-utility-scale-generating-capacity-q1-2023/" class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">https://electrek.co/2023/05/15/renewables-us-utility-scale-generating-capacity-q1-2023/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%" class="ContentPasted0">2. The Environmental Law Institute has an 36-minute interview, Sea Level Rise and Coastal Resilience, with two lawyers expert in the problems of our Eastern coastal
cities faced with inundation by sea level rise by midcentury. Both have recent books on the topic, Susan Crawford centering on Charleston, SC, and Robert Verchick on New Orleans.
</span><a href="https://www.eli.org/podcasts" class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%">https://www.eli.org/podcasts</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%" class="ContentPasted0">3. Half of the world’s lakes are shrinking due to growing heat and human use.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/19/more-than-half-of-the-worlds-lakes-have-shrunk-in-past-30-years-study-finds</a><o:p class="ContentPasted0"></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%" class="ContentPasted0">4. It is established that nations responsible for emissions should pay damages to nations which have emitted less . A new study estimates the costs which should be assessed
fossil fuel corporations. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="ContentPasted0">
</span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/19/fossil-fuel-firms-owe-climate-reparations-of-209bn-a-year-says-study" class="ContentPasted0">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/19/fossil-fuel-firms-owe-climate-reparations-of-209bn-a-year-says-study</a><o:p class="ContentPasted0"></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%" class="ContentPasted0">5. Australians, particularly children, are suffering from the effects of wildfires. The story addresses a growing public health problem worldwide. Bloomberg lifted the
paywall for this one. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2023-australia-wildfire-toxic-legacy/" class="ContentPasted0">
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2023-australia-wildfire-toxic-legacy/</a><o:p class="ContentPasted0"></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%" class="ContentPasted0">6. Ryan Hall does a great job of explaining El Ni</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin" class="ContentPasted0">ñ</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%" class="ContentPasted0">os
in an eight-minute video. <a href="https://climatecrocks.com/2023/05/19/ryan-hall-has-a-great-el-nino-explainer/" class="ContentPasted0">
https://climatecrocks.com/2023/05/19/ryan-hall-has-a-great-el-nino-explainer/</a><o:p class="ContentPasted0"></o:p></span></p>
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