Environment

EcoWatch -   The future is looking bright for green jobs in the solar industry. According to the latest National Solar Jobs Census, published by the nonprofit Interstate Renewable Energy Council, solar jobs in the U.S. grew by nearly 6% in 2023. With this growth, U.S. solar industry jobs reached 279,447 last year, a record high, Reuters reported. From 2022 to 2023, solar jobs increased by 15,564, a 5.9% increase. 

Newsweek -  Officials have issued swimming bans at several beaches in Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia after medical waste, including hypodermic needles, washed ashore.

EcoWatch - A majority of voters in America — including more than half of Republicans — support holding the plastics and fossil fuel industries accountable for allegedly deceiving the public about the feasibility of recycling, according to a new poll by Data for Progress and the Center for Climate Integrity

EcoWatch -While 155 countries have committed to reducing methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030 under the Global Methane Pledge, new research reveals that the world’s methane emissions have been rising at a record pace over the last five years.

EcoWatch -  Great Britain just had its greenest summer on record, with less than one-fifth of electricity coming from non-renewable sources, according to data commissioned by The Guardian. The record comes after the UK’s now-annual Contracts for Difference  event — a government-funded auction that provides clean energy subsidies for renewable and clean energy efforts — which awarded a record amount of funding for 131 projects, reportedly enough to power more than 11 million homes.