Morning Belz, Sept. 21

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Xiulin Ruan, a Purdue University professor of mechanical engineering, holds up his lab’s sample of the whitest paint on record. (Purdue University/Jared Pike)

The whitest paint ever is its own form of AC — Purdue
Falling cost of renewables offers climate hope — Bill McKibben
Illinois energy will be 40% renewable by 2030 — Legal Planet
Young people are getting more polarized — Stanford
The “special relationship” between the US & UK — Daily Mail
Strange but true: the Straw Hat Riots of 1922 — Wikipedia
Kids learning the Roman testudo formation — Twitter*

*Look, Twitter is bad. But it’s also good. It’s a paradox.

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