Michelle Lewis

• The NOAA Weather Prediction Center thinks Death Valley may have broken a global heat record.
• An environmental science professor describes how climate change affects her students’ mental health.
• Trump plans to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. These animals would be destroyed.
• And more…

A study from the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) found that painting one out of four white wind turbine blades black reduces the number of birds killed by the blades by 72%.

• Singapore starts to assemble one of the world’s largest floating photovoltaic farms.
• Bird deaths from wind turbines drop by 72% when a single blade is painted black.
• The next generation of solar panels could produce almost one-third more electricity.
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• Mauritius suffered a really bad oil spill — and as feared, it’s killing its marine life.
• Carbon dioxide emissions make oceans more acidic, and that’s not good for marine creatures.
• Maine’s lobster fishery lost its sustainability certification due to the endangerment of the Right Whale.
• And more…

Siemens eMobility solutions announced this week that it will field test new EV charging technology, a Meter Integrated Charger (MIC), in New York. The MICs measure the quantity of electricity needed to charge EVs so that drivers, utilities, and others can track and manage consumption.

• Wind and solar were the only power sources to show growth year on year, despite a 3% drop in demand.
• Six former US EPA administrators are calling for a “reset” at the agency.
• Siemens to test measuring EV charging consumption in New York with a Meter Integrated Charger.
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Research and consultancy group Wood Mackenzie is forecasting a 32% drop in commercial solar installations in 2020. Yet the potential to use commercial buildings, such as businesses, schools, and government facilities, to host solar panels is huge. So why is the US missing such an opportunity?

• US electricity consumption will drop 3.4% in 2020 due to coronavirus lockdowns.
• Gas flaring in the US has declined by 70% in the last 12 months.
• Visa announces a $500 million green bond offering.
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• Baltimore’s natural gas infrastructure is aging — and leaking — and it’s putting people’s lives at risk.
• The EPA is expected to lift controls on greenhouse gas methane.
• A slight majority of Pennsylvanians oppose fracking, according to a new poll.
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• Simon Cowell had an accident on a CAB Recon and tells people to read the manual before they ride. Media reports that this is an e-bike are spreading fear of the platform.
• An oil spill in Mauritius is causing catastrophic damage to the Indian Island nation’s marine life.
• Barbados gets 33 electric buses — the largest fleet in the Caribbean.
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The Japanese MV Wakashio, owned by the Nagashiki Shipping Company and operated by Mitsui OSK Line, has spilled oil off the Mauritius coast after hitting a reef near the Blue Bay Marine Park on July 25. This is Mauritius’ first oil spill, a country with a population of 1.3 million people.

• Most US states are cutting emissions without federal help. Here’s who’s succeeding and failing.
• A Chilean photographer’s images of Patagonia’s glaciers reveal a starkly different landscape from a century ago.
• Bill Gates posts a blog on lessons from the pandemic that should guide our response to the climate crisis.
• And more…

A wastewater treatment plant west of Adelaide, Australia, is using stale beer to generate biogas, which in turn can power up to 1,200 homes.

• The South Korean capital will phase out diesel vehicles in public-sector fleets by 2025.
• Newark, Delaware, launches a nearly $10 million solar project.
• Pure Electric opens a new store in central London as demand for e-bikes and scooters grows.
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• EDP Renewables’ Harvest Ridge wind farm in Douglas County, Illinois, is now operational.
• US appeals court allows the Dakota Access Pipeline to stay open.
• Global EV charging network ChargePoint secures an additional $127 million in funding.
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In its first corporate sustainability report, the federally owned utility Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) says it’s on track to reduce emissions by 70% below 2005 levels by 2030.

But on Monday, Donald Trump fired two members of its board of directors, including its chair, on the grounds that it’s hiring low-cost foreign labor. The TVA says that’s not true. So what’s really going on?

• Fossil-fuel giant BP cuts oil and gas production and invests billions in EVs and green energy.
• The Tennessee Valley Authority is on track to reduce emissions by 70% below 2005 levels by 2030.
• UK architects say: Renovate, don’t demolish, old buildings.
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• Americans are staying home more this summer, resulting in high energy bills.
• Parcel giant DPD goes full throttle with EVs in the UK.
• Scotland unveils plans to decarbonize passenger rail services by 2035.
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Scottish Transport Secretary Michael Matheson announced plans to decarbonize Scotland’s rail passenger services by 2035 last week. It’s known as the Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan.

• Two new groundbreaking, comprehensive studies prove that reducing air pollution saves lives.
• UN Secretary-General António Guterres has new youth leaders to advise him on climate action.
• July 29 was International Tiger Day, which highlights the importance of protecting the species.
• And more…

• Construction of the UK’s first road made partially from plastic has begun in Carlisle.
• An EV coalition (but not Tesla) asked congressional leaders for help in the latest stimulus package.
• EV alliance ChargeUp Europe gains Portugal’s energy giant EDP as its eighth member.
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Oil giant Shell and Dutch utility Eneco have won a tender to build a super-hybrid offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. It will consist of two sites located 11.5 miles (18.5 km) off the west coast, near the town of Egmond aan Zee.

• Germany breaks ground on the world’s first hydrogen filling station for passenger trains.
• A Dutch offshore wind farm will also feature floating solar, batteries, and hydrogen.
• North Dakota will spend $66 million to plug disused oil and gas wells.
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