A new study finds that air pollution from U.S. oil and gas production causes roughly $77 billion in health impacts nationwide every year.

More info: https://www.axios.com/2023/05/10/oil-gas-health-impacts-study?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosgenerate&stream=top

Americans in the West are more likely to be breathing polluted air because of fires, drought, and heat, due in part to climate change.

More info: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/19/heat-drought-fires-worsen-air-west-report-says-minorities-suffer-most/

The world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fueled by climate change and the anticipated return of El Nino.

More info: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/world-could-face-record-temperatures-2023-el-nino-returns-2023-04-20/

The next big innovation in rechargeable batteries is replacing lithium with sodium, a far cheaper and more abundant material.

More info:  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/business/china-sodium-batteries.html?searchResultPosition=1 

The first cable to bring wind power to land from the Atlantic Ocean is being laid now on Long Island.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/29/nyregion/wind-energy-long-island.html

Thanks to price declines for lithium, copper and cobalt, it will cost you less to buy an EV.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/20/business/lithium-prices-falling-electric-vehicles.html?searchResultPosition=1

The three US cities most at risk due to climate change are San Francisco, Cape Coral (FL) and New York.

More info: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/24/us-cities-most-vulnerable-to-climate-change-according-to-moodys.html

By 2070, Massachusetts’ climate conditions are expected to be similar to those in North Carolina today.

More info: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/16/science/climate-change-is-stealing-new-englands-winters/?p1=Article_Feed_ContentQuery&p1=Article_Feed_ContentQuery

Netflix will start featuring EVs in its films and TV series.

More info:
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/netflix-feature-gm-electric-cars-programming-super-bowl-ad-2023-02-02/

99% of US coal plants are more expensive than new renewable-powered ones would be.

More info: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3836301-99-percent-of-u-s-coal-plants-are-more-expensive-than-new-renewables-would-be-report/