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The White House has a plan to make solar energy more affordable. -
The iniatiave will improve solar access for low- and middle-income Americans by tripling the capacity of renewable energy systems in federally subsidized housing, making it easier for homeowners to get solar loans, and starting a solar program for renters. New York Times
If anything, the waters are infested with humans. We share that space with the sharks and must always remember and respect that.
—Andrew P. Nosal, a biologist at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, discusses the safety of swimming in the ocean following a spate of recent shark bites in North Carolina. During Shark Week alone, humans will kill about 1.9 million sharks.
BP got off cheaply.
—Mark Lyons, regional administrator for Oxfam America, assesses the $18.7 billion settlement the oil giant will pay for the 2010 Gulf oil disaster.
Australia's emissions are up following carbon-tax repeal. -
Electricity emissions in the land Down Under have increased 4.3 percent in the last year. From 2012 to 2014, when the tax was in place, they fell 11 percent. Crikey. Australian Associated Press
Wildfires in Saskatchewan spark thousands of evacuations. -
About 5,000 people in the Canadian province have been forced from their homes since last week, and the government is now evacuating 8,000 more. Last year, Saskatchewan saw 193 fires—in 2015, there have been 569 so far. Reuters