After we got rid of one air conditioner pollutant that was bad for the ozone layer, we replaced it with another that was hugely dangerous when it comes to climate change. Now those greenhouse gases are being phased out, and the world just took another huge step forward on fighting climate change.

+ “For the first time ever, the army of spinning white turbines that has sprouted across the lush countryside generated enough electricity to power all of Scotland.” How Scotland’s terrible weather is a boon for renewable energy.

+ CityLab: The British Town That Will Run Almost Entirely on Food Waste.

+ OK, enough with the good environmental news. Here’s The New Yorker’s Elizabeth Kolbert on the melting of Greenland: The shrinking of the country’s ice sheet is triggering feedback loops that accelerate the global crisis. The floodgates may already be open.