INTERVIEW: No Miracles Needed: Mark Jacobson on how we have all the tech we need to transition to 100% renewable NOW
This week, Josh interviews Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program at Stanford University. He has published six books and over 175 peer-reviewed papers. His work forms the scientific basis of the Green New Deal and many laws and commitments for cities, states, and countries to transition to 100% renewable electricity and heat generation.
Josh and Mark have known each other for over 12 years, working together on the creation of the first renewable energy plan for New York State and later founding The Solutions Project together.
Josh and Mark also discuss his newest book, No Miracles Needed: How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air. In this book, Mark Z. Jacobson lays out his plan to get to 100% renewable energy with our existing technologies and why we don't need experimental or risky energy sources to save our planet.
For more of Mark Z. Jacobson's work follow him at @mzjacobson, read his recent article in The Guardian, and when you need to go to bat for the 100% renewable energy movement, check out Mark's roadmaps for all-sector renewable energy plans in all 50 states.
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Changemakers with Mark Z. Jacobson. Audio only
Just for a fun, a throwback photo of Josh and Mark working on the Solutions Project.
In other news:
- Fossil Fuel Companies have funneled over $700 MILLION dollars into research funding to U.S. universities between 2010 and 2020, which can affect research agendas and policy recommendations. Amy Westervelt, The Guardian.
- Migrant children are coming to the U.S. in record numbers alone and working some of the most dangerous jobs for major brands. Hannah Dreier, The New York Times.
- White Supremacist propaganda is at an all-time high. The A.D.L. has identified 6,750 separate occasions last year on which white supremacist organizations distributed racist, antisemitic or otherwise hateful content. That is a nearly 40% rise, compared with 2021, and a 5x increase since 2018, according to the report. Alan Feuer, The New York Times.
- If you missed it, Josh Fox wrote a piece about the fight inside Peru to save the Amazon for Rolling Stone.
