Seven prominent conservative Texas women have created a nonprofit, Clear Skies Texas, to get Texas conservatives to talk about climate change.

More info: https://omny.fm/shows/plugged-in/we-cant-cede-climate-change-policy-to-the-left?utm_source=Daily%20on%20Energy%20061422_06/14/2022&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Daily%20on%20Energy&rid=24913499&env=4c48fcdbb12eee6826c7817244fc1960521df71996adb905afbfc4e36d0f936d

Seven million acres of US forestland burned in 2021, compared to 3 million acres in 1991.

More info: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3526718-average-acreage-burned-in-wildfires-doubled-since-1991/

Over the next 50 years, climate change will drive thousands of viruses to jump from one mammal species to another—and may increase the risk of a human pandemic.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/science/climate-change-virus-spillover.html?campaign_id=54&emc=edit_clim_20220429&instance_id=59986&nl=climate-forward&regi_id=66704053&segment_id=90809&te=1&user_id=97eb24ff9121d1a70f01fac05f86ea1b

Earth's forests absorb 20-25% of the carbon dioxide humans emit, but wildfire, insects & drought threaten those forests.

More info: https://www.axios.com/2022/05/19/climate-change-harming-trees?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosgenerate&stream=top

EV sales rose 76% in the US during the first quarter, even though overall car sales declined 15.7%.

More info: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28042022/inside-clean-energy-electric-vehicles-elon-musk-tesla-ford/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=bc797e6a03-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-bc797e6a03-329499109

The top 9 U.S. cities for solar power capacity together have more installed capacity than the entire country did 10 years ago.

More info: https://environmentamericacenter.org/feature/amc/shining-cities-2022?utm_source=Daily%20on%20Energy%20041922_04/19/2022&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Daily%20on%20Energy&rid=24913499&env=4c48fcdbb12eee6826c7817244fc1960521df71996adb905afbfc4e36d0f936d

Wind and solar generated 10% of global electricity for the first time in 2021.

More info:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60917445

Climate change has already made allergy season longer and pollen counts higher, but the worst for sufferers may be yet to come.

More info: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/03/15/nation/climate-change-make-pollen-season-nastier/?et_rid=1745350245&s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter

There's a new book to help parents have "the climate talk" with their kids (ages 6 - 10).

More info: https://www.alleghenyfront.org/a-philladelphia-couple-wrote-a-childrens-book-to-help-parents-have-the-climate-talk/?campaign_id=54&emc=edit_clim_20220304&instance_id=54896&nl=climate-forward&regi_id=66704053&segment_id=84679&te=1&user_id=97eb24ff9121d1a70f01fac05f86ea1b

Methane emissions from the energy sector are 70% higher than official figures.

More info: https://apnews.com/article/climate-science-business-europe-environment-and-nature-957124464f39e304707d3d5e22a1cdde