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

• IMF: Tax fossil-fuel emissions heavily to combat climate change.
• Electric vehicles could benefit health more than climate in China.
• North Dakota’s power grid is hindering wind-farm projects.
• Scotland launches a £3 billion Green Investment Portfolio program.

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

• Nearly 100 city mayors announce support of global Green New Deal at C40 summit.
• Copenhill, a waste-to-energy power plant in Copenhagen, offers skiing, a climbing wall, and a park, too.
• The Guardian reveals the 20 fossil-fuel firms behind 35% of all CO2 and methane emissions worldwide since 1965.
• Fossil-fuel-dependent Poland builds a solar park for a coal mine.

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

• Chemistry Nobel Prize win for lithium-ion batteries is a win for green energy.
• US interior secretary criticized Green New Deal at a New Mexico oil and gas conference.
• PG&E is cutting electricity to around 800,000 homes and businesses in Northern California to prevent wildfires.
• Five great green jobs on the rise according to BLS projections to 2026.

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

• Extinction Rebellion: who they are, and what they want.
• Scottish EV charging gets a boost: Scottish Golf to install more than 1,000 stations.
• The top 10 greenest cities in the US.
• Permian Basin jobs are drying up — along with its oil and gas production.

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

• Ecuador scraps fuel subsidies — where does green energy fit in?
• Kenya’s first green bond raises $41.45 million.
• Will Washington’s Dulles Airport get a huge solar energy project from Dominion Energy?
• The top 10 states where solar boosts your home’s value.

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

• An Allentown, PA, town hall revealed that voters in the swing state are worried about pollution and climate change.
• A new model suggests carbon taxes should start high and then fall, bucking previous beliefs.
• Here’s how much solar power these Washington, DC, landmarks could produce.
• The city of Phoenix is giving away free plans for net zero energy homes.

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

• The EU will require appliances to last longer and have spare parts for a decade — saving €20 billion on energy.
• Majority of Americans, regardless of politics, favor green energy over fossil fuels, according to new polls.
• Republic of Ireland to introduce a charge on new and imported petrol and diesel cars.
• New campaign on 30 campuses urges US colleges and universities to adopt 100% green energy.

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

• The ACEEE releases its State Efficiency Scorecard — which state leads in green energy?
• The world’s largest wind turbines will be erected off the UK’s Yorkshire coast.
• Power company Ameren has to clean up two coal plants in Missouri, judge rules.
• Researchers are working on an eco-friendly, aluminum renewable energy storage battery.

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

• Belfast’s landmark shipyard Harland & Wolff has been bought by energy storage company InfraStrata.
• An old Parisian railroad system will be turned into an ecosystem neighborhood.
• An MIT startup has launched a six-passenger electric driverless shuttle for corporate campuses.
• Why electric vehicles are on the rise in the Republic of Ireland.

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

• Nine Latin American countries pledge to reach 70% renewable energy by 2030.
• Dominion Energy proposes the US’s largest offshore wind farm off Virginia Beach.
• Montgomery County, Maryland, may adopt solar panel mandates for new builds.
• Another coal plant closes in the UK, at Cottam — and coal will be phased out by 2025.

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

• Former Tesla head of product Arch Rao launches Span, a smart, green-friendly electric panel.
• Climate strikers hit the road for a second global march.
• All new buildings in Ireland will require EV charge stations.
• Complete Solar gets $9 million in equity funding

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

• National Clean Energy Week Policy Makers Symposium takes place today in Washington, DC.
• GM proposes a battery plant for EVs in Ohio strike talks — but with lower pay.
• Caltech will be given $750 million for green energy research — the second-largest donation ever to a US university.
• Emission-optimized EV charging can prevent a lot of wasted energy.

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