William Davis

Active Citizen - Business Owner - Progressive - Northwest Suburbs (Chicago) Organizing for Action - Indivisible Chapter Co-Lead ..

William Davis
flipped into Climate Change
Renewable Energy
U.S. solar has largest first quarter ever
Axios - Ben Geman
New industry data shows the first three months of 2021 saw the addition of over 5 gigawatts of new U.S. solar power generating capacity, the largest …
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William Davis
flipped into Gun Violence Prevention
Guns
AP: At Least 1,900 U.S. Military Guns Lost or Stolen During the Past Decade
TIME - By KRISTIN M. HALL, JAMES LAPORTA, JUSTIN PRITCHARD and JUSTIN MYERS/AP
Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police. “Don’t do it!” a pursuing officer pleaded. The young man complied, releasing the bystander and tossing the gun, skittered...
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William Davis
flipped into Diversity & Minorities
Race & Ethnicity
Navy's highest-ranking officer confronts Republican critics and stresses importance of combating racism and misinformation
CNN
Washington (CNN) — The US Navy's highest-ranking officer pushed back strongly against what he called efforts by two Republican congressmen to portray the US military as "weak" and "woke" in a hearing Tuesday....
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William Davis
flipped into Climate Change
Climate
Heat wave enveloping West will shatter records, spark wildfires
Axios - Andrew Freedman
A dangerous and widespread mid-June heat wave is bringing blowtorch-like heat, skyrocketing power demand, and “critical” wildfire danger to much of …
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William Davis
flipped into Climate Change
Texas
Texas is sweltering, and majority of power plants down produce natural gas
Electrek - Michelle Lewis
Texas has been hit by a heatwave, and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has asked residents to reduce electricity use until Friday because demand is up, but power supply is down. ERCOT...
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William Davis
flipped into Diversity & Minorities
Texas Constitution
Texas Governor Signs Law To Stop Teachers From Talking About Racism
HuffPost - Jennifer Bendery
"The idea is to whitewash American history of any legacy of racism," said state Democratic Rep. James Talarico. Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed one of his party’s top legislative priorities...
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