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

• A new report says US greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.1% last year due to a decrease in coal.
• Green Coast rounds up six exciting green energy projects that will “shape the future.”
• Ocean Renewable Power Company gets a new CEO.

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

• Shutting down coal saves lives and improves crop yields, says a new study.
• California Democrats propose a state Green New Deal.
• Work has begun on a new wind farm project in Missouri and Kansas.

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

• Former DOE secretary Rick Perry re-joins Energy Transfer LP’s general partner LE GP LLC.
• The NAACP is working with local and state branches to stop accepting fossil-fuel money.
• The world’s largest floating wind farm is now supplying power to Portugal.

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

• Oil prices jump after US kills Iranian general Qassem Suleimani in an airstrike.
• Green energy overtakes fossil fuels in the UK in 2019 for the first time.
• Germany drops the cost of train travel in response to the climate crisis.
• Israel approved hundreds of wind turbines in the north of the country.

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

• A Nevada solar farm — set to be the country’s largest — will be approved by the BLM.
• Denmark sourced nearly half its power from wind in 2019.
• Danish energy company Ørsted has sold its liquid natural gas (LNG) unit.
• A new Stanford study says green energy would create 30 million jobs.

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

• France starts its ban of single-use plastics today.
• Thailand banned plastic bags in major stores today to reduce ocean waste.
• Western states push back on the DOE’s decision to not scrap incandescent light bulbs.

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

• The Vauxhall Corsa E goes on sale in the UK in early 2020, and its latest ad is full of surprises.
• Kansas emissions are at their lowest in four decades. Here’s why.
• A school district in British Columbia has reduced its emissions by 25% over the last five years.
• Must-read: ProPublica‘s investigative work about how oil companies avoid accountability.

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB), as the year comes to a close, here are your top 5 favorite EGEB stories of 2019. We start with the most popular.

• Solar that can deliver electricity at night
• Solar cell breakthrough
• Exxon scientist: “They knew” that fossil fuels would cause CO2 to rise
• “Treelon” Musk
• Caffeinated solar

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

• FTSE adds more fossil-fuel companies to its “ethical” investment list, the FTSE4Good indices.
• YouTubers have successfully planted 20 million trees in less than two months w/ #TeamTrees.
• New Jersey awards 45 community solar projects to low- to moderate-income communities.

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

• SSAB Americas brings fossil-fuel-free steel to North America.
• US Steel will close its aging blast-furnace mill near Detroit as it pivots to electric mini-mills.
• Stanford professor’s study says going 100% green would pay for itself in seven years.

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

• US homeowners who want rooftop solar grew from 40% in 2016 to 46%.
• Mainland Spain achieves its very first coal-free day due to high winds.
• India’s green energy use is rising, and diesel and coal consumption is dropping.
• The Netherlands’ Groningen and Drenthe provinces welcome a fleet of 60 e-buses.

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

• How did green energy fare in the new $1.4 trillion US year-end spending bill?
• Demand for natural gas industry is dropping in the US for three reasons.
• Lawrence, Kansas, plans to run on 100% green energy by 2050.
• New Jersey utility Atlantic City Electric proposes to expand its EV programs.

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

• New York City has launched a fleet of 15 electric articulated buses in lower Manhattan.
• A satellite helped quantify methane emissions more accurately — and the results were surprising.
• A Florida developer builds the first LEED Zero Energy single-family home in the world.
• The “world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine” sends power to a Netherlands utility company.

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

• Solar startup Heliogen attracts interest of 1,600 companies, and targets the Middle East.
• Goldman Sachs CEO says governments must put a price on cost of carbon.
• An American science professor who observed at the Madrid climate summit shares what she saw.

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

• Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA; above) introduces a bill to Congress that promotes American EVs.
• Bank OZK goes 100% solar in Arkansas.
• Morocco gets Africa’s first fully solar village.

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

• A fuel economy study finds Tesla averages the most MPGe for midsize cars, large cars, and SUVs.
• Europe announces its own Green New Deal.
• US onshore wind capacity exceeds 100 gigawatts — and Texas is the leader.

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

• The UN chief tells governments to support business efforts to embrace green energy.
• Heavy-duty trucks and buses must go electric, says new report.
• Florida has begun to transition to electric school buses.
• Denmark will build artificial islands for wind farms.

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

• Ten towns and one county in New Jersey passed resolutions in support of an electric vehicle bill.
• Climate activist Greta Thunberg is TIME’s 2019 Person of the Year.
• A coalition of 300 US mayors sign a letter calling for a solar future.
• The Onion‘s satirical take in 2014 on scientists and green energy showed serious foresight.

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

• The first wind-powered steel plant in the US is expected to launch by the end of 2019.
• Fossil fuel companies could be sued for emissions, but meanwhile, ExxonMobil wins in court.
• A pediatrician argues that a proposed EPA rule prioritizes profit over people’s lives.
• A new study finds that if pollution is reduced, then health benefits are “rapid and substantial.”

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

• Nevada’s NV Energy has more solar coming than 37 other states combined.
• America’s Pledge releases its climate action report at the UN Climate Summit in Madrid.
• Green energy will cause Australian power prices to fall in the next three years.

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

• The Revere Copper Plant, rated high for radioactive contamination, collapses into the Detroit River.
• Alaska’s largest solar farm will go live this month.
• Wyoming is getting a 277-turbine wind farm.
• The majority of Australian homes rate below 3 stars out of 10 for energy efficiency.

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