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Study: A fast energy transition would be cheaper and save trillions of dollars: Achieving Net Zero by 2050 is both possible and profitable

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u/Economy-Fee5830 — 17 hours ago
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Women globally place higher importance on moral identity than men. The researchers analyzed data from 46,490 adults across 67 countries. Broad cross-cultural evidence indicates that women, on average, place greater emphasis on caring for others than men do.

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u/WebPage_Error404 — 2 days ago
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South Africa just switched on Africa's largest solar and battery project, combining 216 MW of solar with 500 MWh of storage to provide clean electricity for about 200,000 homes from 5am to 9:30pm

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u/ArgentineBeauty — 2 days ago
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Michael J. Fox is receiving the Television Academy’s Bob Hope Humanitarian Award after turning his Parkinson’s diagnosis into the world’s largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson’s research, with his foundation now supporting more than $3 billion in research programs.

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u/ArgentineBeauty — 3 days ago
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What’s happening in Cuba mirrors a global trend: Solar isn’t just clean. It’s empowering. And millions are choosing that empowerment.

According to Ember, this is one of the fastest solar expansions taking place anywhere in the world today.

Solar has not solved Cuba's energy crisis. Oil still provides most of the country's electricity and blackouts remain common.

But solar is one of the fastest ways available to reduce dependence on imported fuel. Panels can be deployed in months, fuel is free and sunlight cannot be disrupted by geopolitics.

And that lesson extends far beyond Cuba.

For decades, energy security was associated with securing access to fossil fuels. Increasingly, it's coming from reducing the need for them. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/13/climate/cuba-solar-us-oil-blockade-trump-china

u/Ok_Crazy1195 — 3 days ago
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A Bangladeshi man spent 597 days and his own money traveling across all 64 districts to plant an endangered native tree, putting a boilam sapling in every district to help restore a species that provides vital nesting habitat for kites and vultures.

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u/ArgentineBeauty — 3 days ago
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A Delaware School Once Felt Like a ‘Prison.’ Now It’s a National Model - Frederick Douglass Elementary School went from teachers not knowing students’ names to one of the best in the state under Principal Carol Leveilee.

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u/positivesource — 1 day ago
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How One Rural North Carolina School District Delivers Summer Meals - Transylvania County’s summer meals program has not only become a model in the state — it’s also informing national best practices.

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u/positivesource — 1 day ago
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Finland adds 478 MW of large-scale solar in H1, more than doubling installed utility-scale solar capacity to 842 MW. 🌞 Total renewables capacity exceeded 10 GW during H1, with wind power capacity reaching 9,535 MW. 🌀 LUT University reckons Finland can build out up to 68 GW of PV capacity by 2050. 💪⚡

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u/positivesource — 3 days ago