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What Were Reading: Climate Seniors Victory‚ Surging Solar and More
Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at whats getting our team talking. Let us know what you think at info@reasonstobecheerful.world.Making historyBack in 2020‚ close to 2‚000 elderly women from Switzerland a group known as the Climate Seniors filed a lawsuit accusing their government of failing to take adequate measures to halt climate change. This week‚ Contributing Editor Michaela Haas shared the news that the women won their case. Its a monumental ruling: As the Associated Press reports‚ this was the first time an international court has ruled on climate change and the first decision confirming that countries have an obligation to protect people from its effects.Michaela says:Two years ago I wrote about the Climate Seniors‚ Swiss women who were suing the government for failure to implement climate action. [On Tuesday] came the ruling: They won!Outlook sunnyAs coal power in the US continues to decline‚ renewables are growing at an impressive clip. Thats according to a story Will Doig shared from Grist this week‚ which highlights findings from a report released by the nonprofit Climate Central.Solar panels in Florida. Credit: NASAWill says:The effects of the Inflation Reduction Act are starting to show up: Thanks in part to the IRAs policies and incentives‚ solar power has been surging and nearly one-quarter of Americas energy mix is now renewable.What else were reading Sustainable Agriculture Gets a Push From Big Corporations shared by RTBC founder David Byrne from the Wall Street Journal Harper Collins made a tiny tweak to its book design and has saved thousands of trees as a result shared by Editorial Director Rebecca Worby from Fast Company The suitcase-sized kit helping to rid the Philippines of one of historys great killers shared by David Byrne from The GuardianIn other newsOur friends at The Trace‚ a nonprofit news outlet dedicated to covering Americas gun violence crisis and its solutions‚ recently published a powerful‚ deeply reported feature story on the gun violence prevention movements new experiments with public health messaging for the TikTok era.The post What Were Reading: Climate Seniors Victory‚ Surging Solar and More appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful.