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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!

Here's What You Can Do:

• 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?