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

• Utah legislature is considering a statewide electric-vehicle charging network bill.
• Ireland buys 600 more hybrid buses. Why not opt for fully electric?
• Seattle’s new NHL team will fully subsidize public transport for hockey fans.

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

• Ben Pearson of Roadster Tracker made a great video that explains how the electrical grid works.
• Norwegian fossil-fuel company Equinor has abandoned oil-drilling plans in the Great Australian Bight.
• The NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles wear their robust sustainability efforts on their (green) sleeves.

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

• South Africa’s Anglo American is developing the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mining truck.
• Bernie Sanders says he’ll make the fossil-fuel industry pay $3 trillion to fund the Green New Deal.
• A new Arizona law is a big blow for green energy and local governance.

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

• Analysts are using pollution to gauge China’s industrial activity during the coronavirus crisis.
• Sheffield in the UK is installing smart sensors all over the city to reduce energy consumption.
• Germany and France team up on a floating offshore wind project.

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

• A report sent out by JP Morgan to clients says climate-change inaction could be catastrophic.
• The Farmers for a Sustainable Future coalition has been formed by 21 agricultural groups.
• EV software solutions provider Electriphi signs with the largest fleet of e-school buses in North America.

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

• More towns and cities are buying electricity in bulk — it’s called community choice aggregation.
• Startup Notpla makes edible, biodegradable pods for beverages and sauces that replace plastic.
• Fossil-fuel advocate Mandy Gunasekara is tipped to become the next EPA chief of staff.

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

• Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion in grants to explore new ways of tackling the climate crisis.
• The US East Coast’s largest oil refinery is officially, legally dead.
• Scientists at UMass Amherst are “literally making electricity out of thin air.”

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

• Wind sets a record of 44% of Britain’s daily energy consumption due to Storm Ciara.
• How the persistence of fourth-graders in Illinois resulted in school solar-panel installation.
• Costa Rica aims to reach net zero by 2021, but still has work to do to reduce single-use plastics.

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

• Delta Airlines spends $1 billion to offset its greenhouse gas emissions.
• Egypt is building a factory that will turn rice straw into wood.
• Japan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm has successfully reached financial close.

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

• Transparent solar panels might make greenhouses energy-neutral in the future, says a new study.
• The House Republicans’ released their big climate-change ‘plan’: Carbon capture and trees.
• Martha’s Vineyard offshore wind farm is delayed due to federal political wrangling.

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

• Fossil-fuel giant BP says it will become net zero by 2050.
• One-third of the US Senate introduces the Clean Economy Act to launch climate action.
• Virginia lawmakers pass major green energy legislation.

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

• A new luxury development in Burns, Oregon, will feature 600 homes with solar off-grid microgrids.
• The US DOJ drops its antitrust investigation against Ford, Volkswagen, Honda, and BMW.
• Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti signs an enhanced Green New Deal plan to stop using fossil fuels.

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

• Sweden’s EV registrations triple in a year, from 12.7% to 30.3%.
• The US EIA’s “Annual Energy Outlook 2020” report is out. Here’s the good news and the bad news.
• The UK may ban gas boilers in order to reach 2050 net zero targets.

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

• NYC’s mayor signed an order requiring all municipal vehicles to be electric by 2040.
• Democrats in the US House of Representatives introduce a nationwide EV charging network bill.
• A big storm headed for Europe this weekend is expected to set wind power records.

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

• Brim, the first battery-hybrid-electric catamaran in Arctic waters, is sailing this winter.
• Schneider Electric will replace its entire 14,000-car fleet with EVs by 2030.
• The UK moves ICE car sales ban forward to 2035 from 2040.

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

• University of Rochester researchers use lasers to etch highly efficient solar power generators.
• The UK’s Northern Powergrid launches AutoDesign, new (and free) charge-point tech for EVs.
• The Tennessee Valley Authority shut down its last unit at the Paradise coal plant.

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

• A tidal energy project in Scotland supplied continuous power to nearly 4,000 homes in 2019.
• A change to the UK’s company-car tax regulations is going to cause an EV boom.
• Social entrepreneurs have brought solar power to more than 200,000 people in Sierra Leone, and they’ve only just begun.

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

• UK energy regulator Ofgem will put 10 million EVs on the road within a decade, and power will come from wind farms.
• Researchers at UC Davis claim that it’s possible for solar panels to work at night.
• New solar-powered, prefabricated modular homes have been unveiled in Sweden.

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

• The US now has nearly 60,000 wind turbines spinning across 41 states and two US territories.
• Some New York City councillors want to turn Rikers Island jail complex into a green energy hub.
• The College of William & Mary will source nearly 50% of the university’s electricity from solar.

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

• Energy CFOs believe green energy is the future, and that solar will lead the pack.
• The federal government has proposed drilling for oil and gas on Moab, Utah’s Slickrock biking trail.
• How the “keeping up with the Joneses” mentality actually encourages residential solar.

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

• The Guardian has announced that it will no longer accept advertising from fossil-fuel companies.
• Duke Energy announces two new solar farms in Florida.
• The Burning Man Project has launched a contest to make its property, Fly Ranch, sustainable.

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