Vaccine Apartheid: A Call to Delay UN Climate Talks, Getting the US Grid to 40 Percent Solar, Harvard Divests Fossil Fuels and more
As COVID-19 spread continues and vaccine access remains limited in some of the countries most vulnerable to climate impacts, civil society is warning of a \u201cvaccine apartheid\u201d and calling for a delay of the upcoming UN climate talks.\nAlso, how solar power can produce\xa0up to 40% of the nation's electricity by 2035 to meet President Biden\u2019s goal of decarbonizing the grid by then.\xa0\nAnd Harvard University announced that it will no longer invest in fossil fuel companies, following years of refusal amid a prominent and vocal divestment campaign.\nJoin us on September 23 for our first Living on Earth Book Club event of the season! Richard Powers, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory, will join Host Steve Curwood to talk about his new book Bewilderment. Register at https://loe.org/events/\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices