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🌱💡 We could be nearing positive tipping points
Today's good climate and environment news
Here’s today’s stories of progress in the fight against climate change.
⌛️ The positive tipping points that are fast approaching
A group of researchers have created a new methodology for tracking positive tipping points – where enough small changes can cascade into an unstoppable wave of major change, helping to rapidly decarbonise society. Positive tipping points could be poised to occur across solar and wind power, and sales of EVs and heat pumps. As these technologies continue to improve and prices fall, adoption becomes a no-brainer.
Other transformations – such as a major shift away from meat consumption – might also be more likely than they appear
🏭 Old coal plants could run on dirt
Retired coal plants could provide backup electricity to the grid – but this time without fossil fuels. Instead, huge dirt piles of heated dirt could be channeled into creating electricity when needed. This practice – literally as cheap as dirt – could help provide standby energy alongside solar and wind, as well as create jobs for communities who live near defunct coal plants.
🎨 Artists take on the global plastics treaty
Art installations made out of plastic, with names like The Perpetual Plastic Machine and Turn Off the Plastic Tap, have appeared outside UN talks. They urge diplomats to remember the dire need to cut the plastic crisis off at the root, while highlighting the link between the material and the climate crisis. Other examples of plastic treaty-inspired art include credit-card shaped cookies, evoking the amount of microplastics we eat each week.
The Green Light is brought to you by freelance writer Molly Millar.