Green Lights July 26: Top stories this week
Green Lights July 26: Top stories this week
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. . . . Welcome back to Green Lights. Here’s our weekly roundup of the best of Callaway Climate Insights. David Callaway weighs in on Vice President Kamala Harris’s climate politics, while Mark Hulbert explains a deceptively simple way to reduce green companies’ cost of capital. Plus, we have a special report from the 2024 Paris Olympics, only for CCI readers. Please enjoy the Games, and subscribe.
. . . . Vice President Kamala Harris’s climate politics, forged during a career and campaigns ahead of her time in the White House, are more progressive than President Joe Biden’s. They will become a high-profile attack point for the former President Donald Trump’s campaign, writes David Callaway.
. . . . Green investing to date has been mostly tied into traditional stocks and of course bonds, the so-called green financing, Mark Hulbert writes. Some green banks, like Climate First Bank in Florida, have emerged, but what if all banks allowed investors to use their deposits to fund green company growth? The idea is growing.
. . . . France is billing its Olympic moment in Paris as the Green Olympics, the most environmentally friendly and sustainable Games in history. But our man in the City of Light, David Andelman, says the reality on the ground is far different.
. . . . More from Paris 2024: While the world waits for Emmanuel Macron to jump in the River Seine, Olympians calculate their carbon budget and keep an eye on the E. coli tests.
. . . . California’s Public Utilities Commission is upping support for offshore wind with a proposal to fund the procurement of up to 7.6 gigawatts. Meanwhile, the state’s Energy Commission has a plan to develop a massive floating offshore wind industry in ocean waters.
. . . . They paved over paradise and now it’s too hot to go there. Jack Hamilton loves to travel. But he thinks the easier it is to get someplace, the less worthwhile it is to go.
. . . . Fun and games and facts: There are about 10,500 🤸🏽 athletes competing in the Summer Olympics. Paris 2024 officials say there will be more than 60,000 🥖 meals served at the Athletes’ Village every day. David Callaway says it looks like the Paris green Olympics plan is to get rid of Parisians.
More greenery . . . .
Until next Monday: Monday breaks the record for the hottest day recorded on Earth (AP)
The youth vote: Youth groups urge Kamala Harris to hold the line on climate change policy (Financial Times)
Reforming the Gulf Coast: Battles Against Climate Change and LNG (Greenpeace)
Deadly heat is not normal: UN Chief António Guterres urges countries to protect vulnerable populations (Climate Home News)
Faster and more fun!: Curling mixed doubles at the winter Olympic Games (Olympics.com)