Essay: Haggling Over The Future

This week:

This week: Are car dealers the devil? And why?

Plus, the news:

• 🇨🇳 Can we build a green economy without China?
• 🦆 Bird flu, explained
• 🇷🇺 Russia quits the Black Sea grain deal
• 🤖 A.I. journalists
• And more!

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• Donate to Grid Alternatives, an organization building community-powered clean energy solutions that advance economic and environmental justice.
• Volunteer your school or workplace to participate in the EPA’s Clean Air in Buildings Challenge.
• Get educated about leasing an EV with electrek’s cultivated list of Factory Lease offers.
• Purchase fresh produce from your local farms with GrownBy (and if you’re a farmer, starting selling on the app).
• Invest in a better world with Impact Assets, and ensure your philanthropic dollars are making a measurable difference.

News Roundup

Health & Medicine

• It’s time to get serious about bird flu
• How long Covid is impacting the Global South
• Family homelessness is on the rise, and the Federation of Scientists is crowdsourcing for national policies to increase housing supply. Submit your idea here.
• Tornado damage to Pfizer plant will likely lead to long term shortages of medicine great great

Climate

• Why the impacts of climate change are escalating so quickly
• A new registry could make carbon removal more accessible, and more trustworthy, maybe?
• China’s role in America’s green economy
• What the warming planet means for the future of pathogens and diseases

Food & Water

• Vegan (ahem, plant-based) diets result in 75% less emissions, water pollution, and land use 🤝 🫘👩‍🌾
• Manufacturing silicon chips requires a shit ton of water 
• Russia has quit its grain deal with Ukraine — originally made to avert a global food crisis — and will target commercial ships in the Black Sea
• School lunches are now free in six states

Beep Boop

• Bots are grabbing students personal data when they complete online assignments. We shouldn’t do this?
• Google is testing a new A.I. tool that can write news articles
• Secretaries of State are getting ready for AI-fueled disinformation during the 2024 campaign
• Facebook messages could be used in a Nebraska abortion case

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