Renewals are set to take over as the world's top energy source and Golden Globe

nominations are coming this morning. That's some of what we'll get to on the

7 from the Washington Post. I am not Jeff Pierre. Not to worry, he'll be back tomorrow.

I'm Christina Quinn. It's Monday, December 12th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

At number one is a Washington Post exclusive investigation that shows Mexican cartels are fueling the US fentanyl crisis. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid. It's the leading cause of death

for Americans ages 18 to 49. That's more than car accidents or suicides.

The Post's reporting shows that mistakes by successive US administrations

have allowed the most lethal drug crisis in history to get worse.

Our colleagues trace the pipeline from Mexican warehouses to U.S. towns and cities. Number two.

Scientists for the first time ever have been able to create a fusion reaction that creates

a net energy gain.

That means zero carbon power.

The Biden administration is set to make the announcement tomorrow and it would be a big step forward in the decades long quest to develop a technology that provides unlimited, cheap, clean power.

But it's still at least a decade away from commercial use. Number three, a man accused of making the Lockery bomb is now in US custody.

This comes after a decades-long investigation.

In 1988, the bomb destroyed a U.S. passenger plane over Lockers, Scotland.

All 259 people on board were killed, along with 11 on the ground. Authorities say

former Libyan intelligence officer Abu Agela Masoud Kir al-Marimi will face

prosecution in Washington DC for the Terrorist Act. Renewables are set to overtake coal as the world's top energy source.

That's our fourth story of the day.

According to a new forecast, renewables will overtake coal as early as 2025.

That would help keep alive the global goal of limiting the planet's warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit.

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