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

• The United Nations launches the 2019 Framework Convention on Climate Change.
• John Kerry launches World War Zero, a new climate coalition, with some big names.
• Solar is expected to shift Texas, already a leader in wind, even further away from fossil fuels.

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

• France and Germany are in dispute over classifying nuclear as green energy.
• Japan’s emissions fall to a record low in 2018-19.
• Cuba takes much-needed steps to shift to green energy by 2030.
• Some Massachusetts cranberry farmers want to add solar panels to their bogs.

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

• The EPA ends regulations on chemical plants, and then another Texas chemical plant explodes.
• NorthWestern Energy’s attempt to charge Montana customers more for solar is rejected.
• A car-free housing development breaks ground in Tempe, Arizona.

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

• The UN’s 10th annual Emissions Gap Report 2019 was released today.
• Energy efficiency jobs in the US Midwest have soared in the last 20 years.
• An anonymous Microsoft engineer writes an eye-opener about the link between Big Oil and Big Tech.
• Gainesville becomes the first Florida city to recognize the Green New Deal.

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

• More Americans die from pollution than car crashes, according to health insurance premium study.
• EV bus workers join the steelworkers union — with management’s support.
• 2019 will see the largest fall in electricity production from coal on record.
• Virginia’s Dominion Energy will remove a coal plant from a green energy package following backlash.

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

• New York City buildings will get grades on energy efficiency from 2020.
• Environmental groups challenge utility solar fees in a hearing in Alabama.
• House Democrats unveil draft legislation that would extend tax credits for solar and wind.
• Solar jobs are increasing, but diversity within the industry is not keeping up.

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

• Natural historian Sir David Attenborough says the US could still stay in the Paris Agreement — with a new president.
• The World Economic Forum highlights three great green energy innovations in Europe in a cool video.
• Florida’s new municipal solar project is a small step in the right direction.
• If you’re an innovator who can help reduce air pollution in India, check out the UNDP Air Pollution Innovation Challenge.

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

• London’s Citicape House will feature a green wall that will absorb more than eight metric tons of carbon annually.
• Yemen has embraced solar out of necessity after years of air strikes.
• EasyJet becomes world’s first carbon-neutral airline by offsetting all emissions.
• Oregon biodiesel fuel company SeQuential has boosted production capacity by 30%.

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

• The latest Keystone pipeline leak spread 10 times more oil across the land than originally thought.
• Bill Gates and Patrick Soon-Shiong-backed solar startup Heliogen announces major breakthrough for heavy industry.
• Wind speeds are picking up due to climate change — and this could benefit wind farms.

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

• The European Union will stop funding fossil fuels by the end of 2021.
• Oil giant Aramco gears up for its initial public offering.
• The first-ever hydrogen-powered train is coming to the US.
• Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette had his first US Senate energy secretary hearing yesterday.

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

• African Development Bank pulls out of an eastern Kenyan coal plant project at Lamu.
• Seoul is putting solar on all public buildings and 1 million homes.
• German steel giant Thyssenkrupp uses hydrogen as a step toward its net-zero-by-2050 pledge.
• An earthquake in France earlier this week prolongs the shutdown of nuclear reactors until December.

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

• Donald Trump’s firm will pay the Scottish government £225,000 in legal fees after it’s defeated by an offshore wind farm.
• EV time-varying rates incentivize off-peak charging, finds new SEPA study.
• IEA: Growth of SUVs kills eco-benefits from rise of electric cars
• Accelerator GCxN has announced its second cohort of five companies addressing utility grid and EV charging issues.

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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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