This week:

Texans have a huge opportunity to get even MORE liberty — from the sun.

Plus: Diabetes is expected to double, the state of carbon removal, A.I. detection tools, future

pandemic prepping, BEES?!, and more

Here's What You Can Do:

⚡️ It’s getting hot out there. Direct your city officials to the Heat Action Platform Policy Tool to explore existing heat adaptation solutions for your community.

⚡️Thinking of becoming a nurse? Bless you, and thank you. Here are some resources including FAQs about education requirements, salary, and benefits.

⚡️ Representation in books helps kids build self-esteem and increase self-acceptance. Find kid-affirming books for your family or classroom with a ColorPop Book bundle.

⚡️ Defend rights to digital privacy all over the world by donating to The Electronic Frontier Foundation.

⚡️ Align your money with your values by finding a financial institution near you with sustainable banking services.

News Roundup

Health & Medicine

• Scientists are engineering microbes to benefit our health and the environment
• A new research model is allowing researchers to gain new insights into human embryonic development
• The number of people with diabetes is expected to double by 2050 — to 1.3 billion people
• Our terrible health care system, explained by a nurse

Climate

• Extreme heat will result in $1 billion in health care costs this summer alone
• How you can prevent power outages during a heat wave
• UK ad regulators are clamping down on greenwashing
• Understand the current state of carbon removal (and the need to regulate it) with these fun charts
• Can we blame heat and wildfires on the jet stream?

Food & Water

• 3M is paying out a $10.3 billion settlement for contaminating public water supplies with toxic forever chemicals
• Beekeepers are keeping US honeybee colonies “relatively stable” after nearly half of colonies died last year
• How real people are being impacted by cuts to the food safety net
• Refilling rivers is beyond what rain can provide. Here’s the case for desalination

Beep Boop

• Your drugstore is telling Facebook when you buy sensitive items online, like Plan B or an HIV test
• Experiencing online harassment? The Supreme Court isn’t going to do anything about it
• Do A.I-Detection tools really work?

COVID

• When should you get your next COVID booster?
• The EU has made a deal with Pfizer to stock up on vaccines to prepare for future pandemics
• The pandemic has been linked to a surge in children and youth with diabetes

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