Hello, hello, welcome to your extra morning news show. My name is Philip DeFranco, and today we're

going to be talking about what's keeping the lights on in your home, your office, or factory,

and that is magic. It is not magic. When we talk about pollution and global warming, most of us probably think of cars

spewing CO2 on the highway, oil spills, toxic chemicals. The greenhouse gas emissions aren't just

coming from our cars, they're coming from the way our electricity is produced as well.

The electricity that powers your heater during the winter, your computer, in your office,

or the complex machines and an industrial factory can come from a variety of sources.

And that includes harnessing the power of coal, natural gas, oil, nuclear power. of for our everyday lives that make up about a quarter or more of total emissions.

And in fact in the United States about 28% of emissions come from electricity production.

And so with that said, today we're going to be taking a look at how two countries achieve renewable

electricity production and look at one U.S. state as an example of great

potential and renewable. And because this situation is more complex than green and not green, I had

Dylan Siegel, one of our research writers on the team, just jump into it.

In October 2018, a UN report written and edited by hundreds of top scientists around the world

explained that there will be drastic consequences for the world if we don't curb our emissions at a very rapid rate.

Basically, the Earth has warmed by about 1 degree Celsius since pre-industrial times and if we

reach the 1.5 degree Celsius mark, flood, drought, and extreme heat events will become even more

frequent, resulting in poverty for hundreds of millions. At the 2 degree mark, the results

will be even more extreme and irreversible. This isn't a tomorrow problem, it's a now problem. The report

warned that we must drop carbon pollution by about 45% by 2030 just to slow emissions down

enough to reach the 1.5 degree increase and not overshoot.

It's safe to say we're at a turning point.

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