Michelle Lewis

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Onshore wind farms in Europe could potentially power the world until 2050.
• US Department of Energy: Chill out with that AC use.
• US DOE awards green energy money to farmers, rural businesses.
• Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten converts three of its ships to hybrid.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Greenpeace names the worst global sulfur dioxide air pollutant hotspots.
• The UK is exploring using minewater as a source of geothermal energy.
• A gas plant in Fife, Scotland, sparks safety fears due to technical failures.
• Six green energy ideas that flopped.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• A new house in New York’s Hudson Valley is not only beautiful, it’s Net Zero.
• US military bases are switching to green energy.
• Organic Valley’s Butter Solar Project achieves 100% renewable energy.
• Why utility companies are key players in the fight against climate change.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• 21 US states sue Trump administration over relaxed coal restrictions.
• Seattle passes its own Green New Deal.
• A new study has confirmed that solar is now cheaper than grid electricity in China.
• Helsinki, Finland, has launched the Think Sustainably program.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• US government offshore wind farm reviews could threaten their development.
• The weakened Endangered Species Act empowers dirty energy.
• Carbon dioxide levels broke global records in 2018.
• Pennsylvania has a new bipartisan-backed Renewable Energy Bill.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• Al Gore: Climate change is “getting worse faster than we are mobilizing to solve it.”
• Greenland residents are stressed about their diminishing ice.
• 5 innovative ways Australia is recycling.
• Aarhus, Denmark, is the poster child of renewable energy.

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In today’s EGEB:

• US congressman John Larson introduces global climate action and infrastructure bill.
• Leclanche builds largest solar-plus-storage facility in the Caribbean.
• Starbucks achieves 100% renewable energy in Illinois.
• Study shows that tiny-home dwellers reduce energy consumption by 45%.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren announces Green New Deal for farmers.
• Amazon launches two sustainable energy projects.
• Shame Plane shows how much Arctic sea ice you’re melting by flying.
• Cape Air provides sustainability benefits for its employees.

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In today’s EGEB:

• LED lighting installed to help homeless in Washington, DC.
• Cleveland is working to achieve 100% clean energy by 2050.
• Hand County, South Dakota, approves a new wind farm.
• We list the Top 5 sectors for renewable-energy jobs.

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In today’s EGEB:

• China’s air pollution is blocking sunshine — and it’s affecting solar.
• Net metering’s popularity is growing in the US, but not everyone is embracing it.
• Some travel companies are working to reduce their carbon footprints.
• Moving house? Make the process more eco-friendly.

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In today’s EGEB:

• July 2019 was the hottest month in recorded history — everywhere.
• Drinks giant Diageo goes green in Africa.
• Presidential candidate Jay Inslee: Clean-energy jobs would be “good-paying union jobs.”
• How a small English soccer team became global leaders in the climate-change fight.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Coastal saltwater — a new source of renewable energy?
• The ACEEE releases the 2019 City Clean Energy Scorecard.
• New Orleans considers wind power, but there is dissent.
• Just 10% of fossil-fuel subsidies could pay for green energy.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Wind energy pioneer Steve Sawyer dies.
• Stationary energy storage installations surge as costs drop.
• The pros and cons of Israel’s sustainability efforts.
• How the Sunrise Movement fueled serious action on climate change.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Andrew Yang says Americans need to move to higher ground.
• Solar energy projects replace agriculture in California due to drought.
• More than half of UK councils declare a “climate emergency.”
• Scientists’ motivations to live sustainably: head, heart, or both?

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