Press Play with Madeleine Brand
4% of US electricity comes from the sun, but Biden wants to amp it up to 45%. Is that feasible?
President Biden on Tuesday toured storm damage in New York and New Jersey that was caused by Hurricane Ida remnants.
By Madeleine Brand • • 10m ListenPresident Biden on Tuesday toured storm damage in New York and New Jersey that was caused by Hurricane Ida remnants.
“This is code red. The nation and the world are in peril. And that’s not hyperbole. That is a fact. They’ve been warning us the extreme weather would get more extreme over the decade, and we’re living in it real time now,” he said.
Today his administration unveiled a plan that would generate 45% of the country’s electricity from solar power by 2050. Right now, solar accounts for only 4% of electricity in the U.S.
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The full episode
1 of 5Cash incentives to fight drug abuse, decriminalized abortion in Mexico, Britney Spears’ possible freedom- 0:004% of US electricity comes from the sun, but Biden wants to amp it up to 45%. Is that feasible?You’re reading this
- 10:05Mexico decriminalizes abortion as Texas bans it. Could US women cross the border to end their pregnancies?
- 19:33Pay people to stop using drugs: How California’s plan will work
- 30:54Britney Spears’ dad has asked a court to end her conservatorship. Here’s what’s next
- 41:32Beyond the sandwich for kids’ school lunches: Pack fresh fruit, veggies, nuts