Green Lights Feb. 17: Top stories this week
Don't miss a single story: The best from Callaway Climate Insights this week.
. . . . Welcome to Green Lights, our weekly roundup of the best of Callaway Climate Insights. This week, your Tesla’s in dog mode, your Ford EV performance truck is under wraps, and the ice is melting under the Doomsday Glacier. Here are the highlights in a simple and convenient format that makes it easy for our readers. It’s also easy to subscribe.
. . . . You know EVs have gone mainstream when we start releasing studies about what they mean for dogs. . . .
. . . . Oh, to have been a fly on the wall in Ford’s executive suite two weeks ago as the Chinese balloon floated across the Midwest, knowing that they were about to announce a massive new electric vehicle battery deal with a Chinese company. Credit to the auto giant’s leaders for going through with it. . . .
. . . . The news that Tesla will open up some of its EV chargers — the nation’s largest network — to competitors is a big step forward for expanded use of EVs. . . .
OK, enough EV news. . . .
. . . . Vanguard’s new proxy voting plan for fundholders may pull back the curtain on just how many shareholders of big asset managers really care enough about climate change to stand up and vote, writes Mark Hulbert. For all the talk about ESG and shareholder demand, we’re now going to see just how big a deal it is. . . .
. . . . Just like in love, the impact of chocolate consumption on our world is bittersweet. On the sweet side, organic fair trade chocolate produced without child labor, slaves or pesticides is widely available.
. . . . New observations via the Icefin robot from beneath the remote Thwaites Glacier, nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier, in Antarctica shows worrying melting trends. That matters more than ever, as the UN says rising seas pose “unthinkable” risks to billions of people worldwide. A new WMO report reveals an alarming acceleration of sea level rise and ocean warming. . . .
. . . . There is little doubt that World Bank head David Malpass’ plan to resign from his role a year early was the result of intense pressure from the Biden Administration to get rid of him. David Callaway writes that the intrigue in his resignation is how creative the U.S. will be in replacing him. . . .
More greenery . . . .
From the Swiss Alps: No, not snow. Cactus. Gone are the edelweiss of summer and snow of winter. Valais has got a problem with invasive prickly pear cactus.
From The Independent: Leonardo DiCaprio has named a newly-discovered species of snake after his favorite woman.
From Boston: Climate change is stealing New England’s winters
Devastation down under: Cyclone Gabrielle is worst storm to hit New Zealand this century. Prime Minister says ‘this is climate change’
Good news from the World Economic Forum: Renewables growth moves power emissions toward a tipping point
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