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Nation averaging 550,000 reported infections per day; Biden tells vaccinated people: ‘You are highly protected.’ Live COVID updates.	Eccentric French TV twins die of Covid after refusing jab
California Deputy DA Who Fought Vaccine Mandate Dies Abruptly After Falling Ill With COVID at Age 46	Chicago cancels school over teacher vote on remote learning
From CNN: Russian rocket stage makes uncontrolled entry into Earth’s atmosphere	Gioacchino Gammino: Google Maps helps Italian police capture mafia fugitive in Galapagar, Spain
Postal Service asks for temporary waiver from Biden vaccine requirement	‘Jeopardy!’ champ Amy Schneider robbed of credit cards, phone over New Year’s weekend
Your Daily AM Roundup	Coronavirus Daily Briefing
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Nation averaging 550,000 reported infections per day; Biden tells vaccinated people: ‘You are highly protected.’ Live COVID updates.

Eccentric French TV twins die of Covid after refusing jab

California Deputy DA Who Fought Vaccine Mandate Dies Abruptly After Falling Ill With COVID at Age 46

Chicago cancels school over teacher vote on remote learning

From CNN: Russian rocket stage makes uncontrolled entry into Earth’s atmosphere

Gioacchino Gammino: Google Maps helps Italian police capture mafia fugitive in Galapagar, Spain

Postal Service asks for temporary waiver from Biden vaccine requirement

‘Jeopardy!’ champ Amy Schneider robbed of credit cards, phone over New Year’s weekend

Your Daily AM Roundup

Coronavirus Daily Briefing

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COVID SCIENCE-Virus leaves antibodies that may attack healthy tissues; B cell antibodies weakened, not defeated by Omicron	Jenna C. Lester: Why skin disease is often misdiagnosed in darker skin tones \| TED
China switches on ‘artificial sun’ that is five times hotter than the real thing	Steven Johnson: How humanity doubled life expectancy in a century \| TED
Your Daily AM Roundup	Songs to find your place in the universe \| Kayla Briët
Millions of Angry, Armed Americans Stand Ready to Seize Power If Trump Loses in 2024	Blood, concrete, and dynamite: Building the Hoover Dam – Alex Gendler
Coronavirus Daily Briefing	You can only save one— who do you choose? – Doug MacKay
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COVID SCIENCE-Virus leaves antibodies that may attack healthy tissues; B cell antibodies weakened, not defeated by Omicron

Jenna C. Lester: Why skin disease is often misdiagnosed in darker skin tones | TED

China switches on ‘artificial sun’ that is five times hotter than the real thing

Steven Johnson: How humanity doubled life expectancy in a century | TED

Your Daily AM Roundup

Songs to find your place in the universe | Kayla Briët

Millions of Angry, Armed Americans Stand Ready to Seize Power If Trump Loses in 2024

Blood, concrete, and dynamite: Building the Hoover Dam – Alex Gendler

Coronavirus Daily Briefing

You can only save one— who do you choose? – Doug MacKay

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I-95 Virginia: Motorists stranded for hours after winter storm causes havoc and leaves more than 400,000 without power	Timeline of the 3D Printing History – ASME
South Africa’s Tutu – the anti-apartheid hero who never stopped fighting for “Rainbow Nation”	What to Stream: Twelve Classic Movies to Watch with Your Kids \| The New Yorker
Scheduled parole for man convicted of killing Michael Jordan’s father suddenly canceled	Is it time to stop using your fitness tracker? \| The Seattle Times
World’s oldest person who loves fizzy drinks and chocolate celebrates her 119th birthday in nursing home	Man Who Stopped Wife From Driving Drunk Charged With Manslaughter After She Died Walking Home
Coronavirus News Roundup \| The Daily World	Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter ban is no victory for her
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I-95 Virginia: Motorists stranded for hours after winter storm causes havoc and leaves more than 400,000 without power

Timeline of the 3D Printing History – ASME

South Africa’s Tutu – the anti-apartheid hero who never stopped fighting for “Rainbow Nation”

What to Stream: Twelve Classic Movies to Watch with Your Kids | The New Yorker

Scheduled parole for man convicted of killing Michael Jordan’s father suddenly canceled

Is it time to stop using your fitness tracker? | The Seattle Times

World’s oldest person who loves fizzy drinks and chocolate celebrates her 119th birthday in nursing home

Man Who Stopped Wife From Driving Drunk Charged With Manslaughter After She Died Walking Home

Coronavirus News Roundup | The Daily World

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter ban is no victory for her

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3 omicron variant symptoms you won’t get from the common cold	A simple new blood test that can catch cancer early \| Jimmy Lin
Lakers: Rajon Rondo Was Happy to Be Traded Away From Los Angeles	The fascinating secret lives of giant clams \| Mei Lin Neo
2 women choke to death on New Year’s rice cakes	Why I say: Play On, Philly! \| Stanford Thompson
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Getting Schooled After Describing Kwanzaa As A ‘Fake Religion’	Stopping the brain drain of African doctors \| Christopher Ategaka
Your Daily AM Roundup	“Simple Gifts” \| Stanford Thompson and Orchestra
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3 omicron variant symptoms you won’t get from the common cold

A simple new blood test that can catch cancer early | Jimmy Lin

Lakers: Rajon Rondo Was Happy to Be Traded Away From Los Angeles

The fascinating secret lives of giant clams | Mei Lin Neo

2 women choke to death on New Year’s rice cakes

Why I say: Play On, Philly! | Stanford Thompson

Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Getting Schooled After Describing Kwanzaa As A ‘Fake Religion’

Stopping the brain drain of African doctors | Christopher Ategaka

Your Daily AM Roundup

“Simple Gifts” | Stanford Thompson and Orchestra

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Eric Adams Takes Office as New York City’s Mayor	All 21 people who were trapped in New Mexico tramway overnight have been rescued
Melania Trump steps back into the public eye	Anti-Inflammatory Diet Study Links Inflammation to Dementia \| Well+Good
Garland police arrest man accused of driving shooter in triple homicide that killed teens	Understaffed U.S. transit agencies adjust services as Omicron surges
NYTimes: An Overloaded Ferry Flipped and Drowned Hundreds of Schoolchildren. Could It Happen Again?	Many experts tried to open a safe locked for 40 years. A tourist’s lucky guess cracked the code on his first try
Viagra could be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease, study finds \| Alzheimer’s \| The Guardian	Your Daily AM Roundup
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Eric Adams Takes Office as New York City’s Mayor

All 21 people who were trapped in New Mexico tramway overnight have been rescued

Melania Trump steps back into the public eye

Anti-Inflammatory Diet Study Links Inflammation to Dementia | Well+Good

Garland police arrest man accused of driving shooter in triple homicide that killed teens

Understaffed U.S. transit agencies adjust services as Omicron surges

NYTimes: An Overloaded Ferry Flipped and Drowned Hundreds of Schoolchildren. Could It Happen Again?

Many experts tried to open a safe locked for 40 years. A tourist’s lucky guess cracked the code on his first try

Viagra could be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease, study finds | Alzheimer’s | The Guardian

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Taking a step back: US colleges returning to online classes	The dark history of Mount Rushmore – Ned Blackhawk and Jeffrey D. Means
Miley Cyrus Handles New Year’s Eve Wardrobe Malfunction With Ease	Would you raise the bird that murdered your children? – Steve Rothstein
Friends, co-stars pay tribute to “national treasure” Betty White	How one of the most profitable companies in history rose to power – Adam Clulow
Legendary Actress Betty White Dead at 99	Yes, scientists are actually building an elevator to space – Fabio Pacucci
Coronavirus Daily Briefing	Nithya Ramanathan: The problem of vaccine spoilage — and a smart sensor to help \| TED
‘2021 is pulling out all the tricks’: Fish rain from the sky in rare phenomenon in Texas	Floridians ask, “Where is Ron DeSantis?” as state shatters COVID records
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Taking a step back: US colleges returning to online classes

The dark history of Mount Rushmore – Ned Blackhawk and Jeffrey D. Means

Miley Cyrus Handles New Year’s Eve Wardrobe Malfunction With Ease

Would you raise the bird that murdered your children? – Steve Rothstein

Friends, co-stars pay tribute to “national treasure” Betty White

How one of the most profitable companies in history rose to power – Adam Clulow

Legendary Actress Betty White Dead at 99

Yes, scientists are actually building an elevator to space – Fabio Pacucci

Coronavirus Daily Briefing

Nithya Ramanathan: The problem of vaccine spoilage — and a smart sensor to help | TED

‘2021 is pulling out all the tricks’: Fish rain from the sky in rare phenomenon in Texas

Floridians ask, “Where is Ron DeSantis?” as state shatters COVID records

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Betty White Reveals Her Secrets to a Happy Life at 100: ‘I’m So Lucky to Be in Such Good Health’	67 degrees in Alaska? Climate change continues to topple temperature records.
Looking to Recycle Your Christmas Tree? Alabama’s Beaches Will Take Them	3-year-old North Carolina girl who accidentally shot herself on Christmas dies
Fact-check: Can vaccinated people spread COVID-19?	9 Habits That People In The Blue Zones Share For Better Longevity
Why Pain Doesn’t Always Mean You’re Injured	The Celebrity Surgeon Who Used Love, Money, and the Pope to Scam an NB \| Vanity Fair
Florida Teenager Is Accused of Posing as a Doctor. Again. – The New York Times	The Cheerleader Behind Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk – D Magazine
Why Some People Always Remember Their Dreams and Others Forget	Afghanistan Sinks Deeper Into Desperation
How the right’s hatred of liberals undermines democracy	Coronavirus Daily Briefing
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Oprah Winfrey declines to endorse Dr. Oz for Senate: ‘It’s up to the residents’

Is it COVID-19 or just a cold? Here’s how to tell the difference

Zuckerberg buys more Hawaii land, including deadly dam site

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Betty White Reveals Her Secrets to a Happy Life at 100: ‘I’m So Lucky to Be in Such Good Health’

67 degrees in Alaska? Climate change continues to topple temperature records.

Looking to Recycle Your Christmas Tree? Alabama’s Beaches Will Take Them

3-year-old North Carolina girl who accidentally shot herself on Christmas dies

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9 Habits That People In The Blue Zones Share For Better Longevity

Why Pain Doesn’t Always Mean You’re Injured

The Celebrity Surgeon Who Used Love, Money, and the Pope to Scam an NB | Vanity Fair

Florida Teenager Is Accused of Posing as a Doctor. Again. – The New York Times

The Cheerleader Behind Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk – D Magazine

Why Some People Always Remember Their Dreams and Others Forget

Afghanistan Sinks Deeper Into Desperation

How the right’s hatred of liberals undermines democracy

Coronavirus Daily Briefing

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Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell guilty on 5 of 6 counts	Tanya Berger-Wolf: How your nature photos can help protect wild animals \| TED
Coronavirus Daily Briefing	Debbie Lovich: 3 tips for leaders to get the future of work right \| TED
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Proud Boys members must face Jan 6 charges, U.S. judge rules

Solomon Goldstein-Rose: How much clean electricity do we really need? | TED Countdown

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders donate iconic uniforms to the museum’s sports collection | National Museum of American History

Chris Bennett: A close-to-home solution for accessible childcare | TED

Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell guilty on 5 of 6 counts

Tanya Berger-Wolf: How your nature photos can help protect wild animals | TED

Coronavirus Daily Briefing

Debbie Lovich: 3 tips for leaders to get the future of work right | TED

Your Daily AM Roundup

Melati Wijsen: A roadmap for young changemakers | TED Countdown

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Renewables became the second-most prevalent U.S. electricity source in 2020

December 29, 2021

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In 2020, renewable energy sources (including wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass, and geothermal energy) generated a record 834 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity or about 21% of all the electricity generated in the United States. Only natural gas (1,617 billion kWh) produced more electricity than renewables in the United States in 2020. Renewables surpassed both nuclear (790 billion kWh) and coal (774 billion kWh) for the first time on record. This outcome in 2020 was due mostly to significantly less coal use in U.S. electricity generation and steadily increased use of wind and solar.

In 2020, U.S. electricity generation from coal in all sectors declined 20% from 2019, while renewables, including small-scale solar, increased 9%. Wind, currently the most prevalent source of renewable electricity in the United States, grew 14% in 2020 from 2019. Utility-scale solar generation (from projects greater than 1 megawatt) increased 26%, and small-scale solar, such as grid-connected rooftop solar panels, increased 19%.

Coal-fired electricity generation in the United States peaked at 2,016 billion kWh in 2007 and much of that capacity has been replaced by or converted to natural gas-fired generation since then. Coal was the largest source of electricity in the United States until 2016, and 2020 was the first year that more electricity was generated by renewables and by nuclear power than by coal (according to our data series that dates back to 1949). Nuclear electric power declined 2% from 2019 to 2020 because several nuclear power plants retired and other nuclear plants experienced slightly more maintenance-related outages.

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