The Very Good and Very Bad News on Climate

Here's the good news. Green energy is getting better and cheaper faster than we had ever dared hope. This next sentence was unimaginable even a few years ago. The Energy Think Tank Ember, found in April.

That all Oh. of the new electricity demand around the world in twenty twenty five was met with green power. That is wild. But here is the bad news.

Climate change is accelerating. We're discovering new ways that the climate system is more fragile. More sensitive to emissions than we previously thought. Europe is in the midst of an extraordinary heat wave. The world is staring down the barrel. Of a powerful El Nino. And scientists say it could intensify to a super El Nino, causing extreme temperatures and dramatically shifting global weather patterns. We are not talking that much about climate change lately. That doesn't mean it has stopped happening.

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