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

• Businesses will increasingly opt for Zoom meetings instead of travel, and that will hurt Big Oil.
• Big Oil and Gas companies received at least $72 million in the small business bailout loans.
• Might there be some relief for renewables coming in Congress?

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

• Nearly 20 miles of Seattle streets will close to most vehicle traffic by the end of May for good.
• Abandoned coal mines in the UK will be transformed into renewable energy systems.
• One of the largest coal electricity plants in the US’s upper Midwest will close several years early.

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

• Multinationals call for an “ecological transition” in France’s COVID-19 economic recovery.
• Sweden erects the first wooden wind turbine.
• Total said it will become net zero by 2050 — but investors want it to be global, not just Europe.

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

• IKEA invested $2.8 billion in green energy in 2019 and intends to be net zero by 2030.
• World bankers and economists express strong support for green stimulus packages.
• A Swedish steelmaker has successfully used hydrogen to heat steel.

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

• The Federal Reserve is expanding coronavirus business loans, which opens things up for oil.
• Norway, which accounts for around 2% of the global oil production, cuts its output.
• Five of Ørsted’s US offshore wind projects may face delays due to coronavirus.

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

• The International Energy Agency says CO2 will fall by 8% this year because of the pandemic.
• Gas appliances pollute indoor and outdoor air, study shows.
• Royal Dutch Shell slashes its shareholder dividend for the first time since World War II.

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

• Oxford University will divest its multi-billion-pound endowment from fossil fuel assets.
• Petersberg Climate Dialogue: Don’t use taxpayer money to save fossil fuels.
• Nestlé UK makes a 15-year wind power purchase agreement with Ørsted.

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

• As of today, Britain has broken a 138-year-old record for coal-free power generation.
• Roof-integrated solar continues to innovate and improve.
• David Byrne asks, Can we all be like Texas when it comes to embracing wind energy?

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

• Citi and Morgan Stanley beef up sustainability plans, and Donald Trump says it’s a leftist plot.
• The 11th Petersberg Climate Dialogue (PCD) is underway as a video conference.
• Don’t bail out fossil fuels — buy them out instead.

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

• US Permian Basin releases methane at twice the average rate of 11 other US oil and gas regions.
• The US Supreme Court rules that the Clean Water Act covers groundwater pollution in Maui.
• Solar photovoltaic interventions have reduced rural poverty in China, says new study.

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

• US electricity demand fell to a near 17-year low last week due to the pandemic shutdown.
• The UK’s and Germany’s solar panels have just produced record amounts of electricity.
• It’s not all doom and gloom: 8minute Solar Energy expands development pipeline to 18 GW.

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

• Earth Day founder Denis Hayes: “I hope in 2070 we will be in a position to celebrate.”
• deVere Group CEO Nigel Green explains the oil futures crash (and why he wouldn’t invest in it).
• Sweden has become the third European country to close its last coal power plant.

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

• Greenpeace and other environmental groups are taking Norway to court over oil exploration.
• We can’t test-drive EVs right now, but you can virtually test-drive a Tesla 3. Here’s how.
• Samsung designs new eco-friendly electronic packaging for its Lifestyle TV product portfolio.

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

• Wind is now the largest source of electricity in the Midwestern states of Iowa and Kansas.
• Austria shuts down its last coal power plant.
• Air pollution dropped radically in March in cities under coronavirus lockdown.

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

• West Virginia coal plant Longview Power has just declared bankruptcy.
• EPA kills mercury pollution rule, putting pregnant women and minorities at risk.
• Federal judge cancels Keystone XL oil pipeline permit.

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

• Federal judge says the EPA can’t bar grant recipients from science advisory panels.
• Oil giant Shell announces that it will become net zero by 2050.
• Former US presidential candidate Tom Steyer on why green energy just makes basic market sense.

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

• The US’ last new coal plant proposal, in Georgia, is dead.
• The EPA refuses to tighten air quality standards despite the pandemic.
• How a conservative coal county built the biggest community solar energy project in East Kentucky.

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

• Governor Ralph Northam (D-VA) has signed the Virginia Clean Economy Act.
• Ten years on, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill still contaminates the Gulf of Mexico.
• Boston-based Eversource now provides virtual energy assessments in response to COVID-19.

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

• Renewables became the UK’s main power source for first time in first-quarter 2020.
• Oil producers make the largest production cut in history.
• Electric and solar-powered vans are delivering fresh produce in India during coronavirus lockdown.

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

• Looks like the White House set up a special email address for industry to comment on NEPA.
• The US DoE announces $38 million for hydrokinetic turbine technology development.
• Saudi Arabia and Russia agree to cut oil production.

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

• Equinor offshore oil and gas platforms will be first to be powered by a floating offshore wind farm.
• Air pollution really does increase coronavirus deaths. Here’s why.
• Poll: US voters of both parties strongly favor wind energy.

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