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b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 The current turbulence in global energy markets has not slowed the growth of renewable energy around the world.\\xa0 International Renewable Energy Agency data show that renewable energy dominates all new electric energy capacity, and is on track to soon generate more electricity globally than fossil fuels. Texas' troubled grid operator approved a pilot program using distributed rooftop solar and battery storage to help prevent deadly blackouts. Even far-right fascists in Italy are not climate science deniers, unlike the U.S. Republican Party. In the U.S., early voting is underway for the critical 2022 midterm elections, and so is voter intimidation and suppression by disinformed rightwingers.\\xa0 In Arizona, armed MAGA vigilantes are 'staking out' secure ballot boxes because they've been duped, while their Republican politicians continue to fan the flames of conflict with blatant lies about election security and procedures. Some rural Nevada counties, triggered by baseless GOP lies about voting machines, are opting to hand-count their ballots. Hand counts increase accuracy and help voter confidence, but must be done in full public view, with strict, specific protocols that experts say should first be tested in a small pilot program, not implemented for the first time in a critical live election by inexperienced clerks. Corporate media is missing a key point when they ask candidates whether they'll accept the election results.\\xa0 Plus Desi Doyen has our latest 'Green News Report.'"