It's September 15th.

You're listening to the President's Daily Brief.

I'm your host and former CIA officer Brian Dean Wright.

Your morning intel starts now.

First up, we've got the final brief today on Dirty Green.

That's this week's series on whether renewable energy is as green as proponents say, or if

instead, it's full of dirty secrets.

Today, we are talking batteries, and I mean everything from the refiners, the manufacturers,

and what happens when these specialized batteries stop working?

Well, here's a hint.

They're starting fires and causing over a billion dollars in damages.

That's coming up.

As always, I'm keeping an eye out for developing stories.

Put this one on your radar.

Depending railroad strike is one day closer to happening.

It's an hour by hour cliffhanger, and I've got the latest, including how queen

Elizabeth's funeral could throw a monkey wrench into solving the crisis.

But first, let's get started with today's main brief.

Today is the fourth and final part of our series, Dirty Green, which has explored the environmental,

humanitarian, and national security costs of renewable energy.

The goal is always, is not to degrade solar and wind resources, but to hold them to the

same standard as other forms of energy, like oil and gas and coal.

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