Julia Simon
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862 appearances
78 recordings
3 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 14 Sep
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Ember's data analysis found wind and solar generated 22% of global electricity last month, compared with 20% from gas.
The recent war in Iran and high prices of natural gas are fueling the switch to cheaper, reliable, renewable energy.
But the rise of solar is a broader trend.
Around the world, countries are building out their electricity grids through cheap imported solar and batteries from China.
Recent customs data shows Chinese solar exports jumped 60 percent year-on-year in April.
Julia Simon, NPR News.
So nice to be here, Aisha.
Aisha, often the focus is on these big decisions on the federal level.
But what's going on locally can be overlooked and it shouldn't.
Right now, I'm going to take you to a gathering I went to recently that gave me a lot of hope.
Well, we could definitely use some hope.
We sure can.
So last month, I went to the first international conference for the transition away from fossil fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia.
Burning fossil fuels, Aisha, it's the single biggest driver of climate change.
So more than 50 countries, they showed up to support finding these concrete ways to transition away from oil, gas and coal.
I'm here in the plenary hall in Santa Marta, Colombia, and I see ministers from Spain, from Nigeria.
There was no one there from the federal government, but there was a state official from California, and there were actually lots of people representing local climate activists.
You had mayors from Athens, Greece, from Quito, Ecuador, from Cape Town, South Africa.
And one of these local politicians I met at the conference was Juan Carlos Lozada.
He's in Colombia's House of Representatives.
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