This Pelecanus News episode for October 15th has these amazing headlines:
Divestment
· Cambridge University makes $4.5 billion fossil-fuel divestment promise
o https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-01/cambridge-university-makes-4-5-billion-fossil-fuel-divestment-promise
Energy
· Green Hydrogen from renewables could become cheapest ‘transformative fuel’ within a decade
o https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/03/green-hydrogen-from-renewables-could-become-cheapest-transformative-fuel-within-a-decade
· Physicists build circuit that generates clean, limitless power from graphene
o https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-build-a-circuit-from-graphene-that-generates-clean-limitless-power
· Canada’s Liberal government to spend $10B on clean energy infrastructure to fuel pandemic economic recovery
o https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-infrastructure-pandemic-recovery-mckenna-1.5746029
· Nuclear fusion reactor could be here as soon as 2025
o https://www.livescience.com/nuclear-fusion-reactor-sparc-2025.html
· California will dedicate 30% of its land to conservation by 2030
o https://abc7news.com/politics/ca-will-dedicate-30%25-of-land-to-conservation-newsom-announces/6842735/
§ California will be the first state in the nation to do this type of land and coastal conservation, Newsom said.
· World leaders pledge to protect 30% of the planet by 2030
o https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/world-leaders-pledge-to-protect-30-of-the-planet-by-2030/
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