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

• Qantas Airways will cut its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 — good news among bad climate news.
• G20 countries get their report cards from Climate Transparency. Here’s the lowdown on transport.
• Three French nuclear reactors are suspended after a 5.1 magnitude earthquake.
• Sacramento Municipal Utility District wants to provide homeowners with centrally generated solar energy.

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

• JPMorgan launches the world’s largest commercial installation of bifacial solar modules — and also leads in fossil-fuel lending.
• Energy CEOs voice defiance on efforts to reduce carbon emissions.
• Video: The top 15 largest oil-producing countries from 1966 to 2018.
• E&E News is publishing a multi-part series on “the promise and peril of EV infrastructure.”

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

• Analysis shows Colorado can go zero-carbon with big savings for Coloradans.
• UK to spend £315 million to reduce heavy industry emissions.
• Bipartisan US Senate Climate Solutions Caucus grows to 8 members.

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

• Los Angeles has approved the largest solar and storage system in the US — enough for nearly 1 million residents.
• Italy is going to make climate-change study mandatory in state schools.
• A new report names the countries responsible for the most fossil-fuel emissions. 

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

• Kentucky elected Democrat Andy Beshear yesterday as their new governor. What’s his stance on green energy?
• Australia’s main grid reaches 50% green energy for the first time.
• Bristol becomes the first city in the UK to ban diesel vehicles.

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

• Royal Dutch Shell is buying French green energy company EOLFI.
• Mike Pompeo announces the US’s formal withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
• More than 11,000 scientists endorse a letter that warns of a global climate emergency.
• A quarter of Europe’s electricity needs could be met by rooftop solar, says new paper.

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

• EPA weakens pollution rules on how power plants store coal waste and release metals into waterways.
• The UK puts a moratorium on fracking.
• New Delhi declares a health emergency due to the worst pollution in three years.
• The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s new report says a US coast-to-coast transmission “super-grid” is possible.

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

• The Keystone oil pipeline has spilled around 383,000 gallons of tar sands oil in North Dakota.
• Non-hydro green energy grew in the US by 6.15% compared to 2018.
• Credit Suisse senior banker says investments could ‘go to zero quickly’ if companies ignore climate change.
• Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R-AK) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have Twitter “words” over the Green New Deal.

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

• Former US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testifies at Exxon trial.
• Elon Musk donates $1 million to tree planting project.
• Big battery investments are dropping costs faster than anticipated.

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

• The largest private coal company in the US, owned by Robert Murray (above), has filed for bankruptcy.
• Could saltwater and rust be the latest source of green energy?
• Which US metro areas have the most solar panels on homes?
• The Bureau of Land Management approved what will become the largest wind farm in the US.

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

• Green New Deal co-sponsor Ed Markey returns fossil-fuel-linked donations.
• Various companies are carrying out tests to see how concrete roads could charge EVs.
• Edinburgh releases its plan to make city carbon neutral by 2030.
• The Republic of Ireland has cut green energy tax by 16% for 2019-20.

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

• Offshore wind could power the entire world, says a new IEA report.
• South Korea lays the foundation to expand their own offshore wind farm initiatives.
• There’s a more eco-friendly way to cultivate rice.
• Costa Rica holds its first green technology fair.

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

• US energy efficiency jobs grow 3.4% in 2018, and New Mexico leads percentage-wise at 11.5%.
• Pittsburgh airport will power itself with its own microgrid by 2021.
• Supreme Court green-lights Baltimore’s Big Oil lawsuit.
• Senator Angus King of Maine calls for low-cost financing for home energy efficiency.

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

• Did you know that your coffee grounds can be turned into green heating logs?
• The UK builds its first net-zero-energy neighborhood.
• The Big 7 banks, including the World Bank, get failing grades on a green energy report card.
• New York City will build the world’s largest storage battery to replace existing gas plants.

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

• Big Oil and Big Tobacco use the same tactics to mislead the public, says a new report.
• Cornwall’s Eden Project and the EU launch a £16.8 million geothermal project.
• Jane Fonda arrested for a second time for protesting the climate crisis and fossil fuels.
• Global solar PV market will see “spectacular growth” over next five years

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

• The Guardian is the first major news outlet to become a B corporation, pledges to reach net zero emissions by 2030.
• What exactly is the Green New Deal?
• Wells Fargo signs a solar deal that will power hundreds of Texas locations.
• We need to talk about industrial heating as a pollution source.
  
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):

• The City of Brotherly Love launches the Climate Collaborative of Greater Philadelphia.
• An eco-friendly Oregon housing development will offer a communal electric vehicle.
• A group of Montana high schools are using solar panels as teaching tools.
• How power purchase agreements can help wind and solar get on the grid.

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

• World War I-era shipwrecks are helping green energy.
• EV sales are exploding. Here’s how utilities can keep up — and why you should care.
• Google announces it will spend $150 million on green energy projects.
• Shell’s CEO says it is “entirely legitimate” to invest in oil and gas, and this has environmentalists fuming.

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

• Could the high winds of typhoons and hurricanes be tapped as a source of electricity?
• Florida’s auto emissions have skyrocketed since 1990.
• Auto energy efficiency rankings by state — the best and the worst.

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

• Green energy generates more electricity than fossil fuels for first time in the UK.
• Ax air miles programs to reduce carbon emissions, says British government’s climate-change advisers.
• As KLM Royal Dutch Airlines turns 100, it’s taking active steps to reduce carbon emissions.
• Washington, DC’s historic preservation board rejects front-facing solar panels.

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