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Murray Energy Holdings Co, the largest private coal company in the United States, has filed for bankruptcy in the midst of a rapidly diminishing demand for coal.

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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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Green energy in the UK, which includes wind farms, solar, biomass, and hydro plants, generated more electricity than coal, oil, and gas in the third quarter of 2019, according to a new report by Carbon Brief.

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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):

• New Hampshire’s GOP governor, US House of Representatives ban offshore oil and gas drilling.
• Scotland builds the world’s first ocean-powered data center.
• Italian design firm Carlo Ratti experiments with orange peels as possible future biofuel.
• St. Louis Zoo gets a seating area shaded by solar panels.

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

• Methane leak detection monitoring goes mobile — and into the sky.
• Los Angeles gives the go-ahead for the largest solar energy plant in the US.
• Hawaii is testing the manufacturing of concrete that reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
• Former senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) calls for green energy jobs for veterans.

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

• Green energy will push out natural gas by 2035.
• Solar garden fences are popping up in the Netherlands.
• Amazon employees will strike to protest climate change.
• California passes a law that prevents cities and counties from taxing solar rooftop energy.

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

• Oil and gas companies investing $50 billion in projects that won’t help fight climate change.
• The countries that produce a greater proportion of CO2 emissions than their proportion of the global population.
• Calcium could be safer and cheaper than lithium-ion in batteries that store solar and wind power.
• 5 of the best solar-powered portable chargers.

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

• 5 green energy standouts from the Democrats’ climate-crisis town hall
• Rutgers University releases new study on states, equity, and green energy.
• 3 ways cities are improving the energy efficiency of homes.
• Big oil to seal record number of green energy deals in 2019.

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

• Cory Booker announces $3 trillion climate change plan — here are five green energy highlights.
• Elizabeth Warren pledges another $1 trillion to achieve clean energy by 2035.
• The New York Times pulls out of sponsoring the Oil and Money conference.
• Everyone can use these small solar panels for outdoor fun.

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In today’s EGEB:

• Oil and gas companies could lose 95% of value by 2050 if Paris Agreement is followed.
• New York announces $30 million to modernize grid as state advances green energy transition.
• 200 community leaders have now expressed support for the Voices for 100% Renewable Energy project.
• JDR Cable Systems and Tufts University are collaborating to help students who want to pursue an offshore wind career.

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Major oil companies have spent $1 billion on climate lobbying that is “overwhelmingly in conflict” with the Paris Agreement, according to one new report. And another report reveals oil execs laughing about their newfound access within the Trump administration.

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Solar Power now has more employees than either the Oil & Gas or Coal Extraction industries in the United States. The solar industry employed approximately 208,000 individuals at the end of 2015 versus 185,000+ in oil and gas, or 190,000 in coal extraction. Solar power employment is expected to grow an additional 15% in 2016 to almost 240,000 individuals. Globally, solar power now directly employs 2.8 million people as the largest renewable energy employer.

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