John B Goodenough of the University of Texas at Austin, M. Stanley Whittingham of SUNY Binghamton University, and Akira Yoshino of Meijo University have won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm today …
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EGEB: Who are Extinction Rebellion? Scottish EV charging gets a big boost, more
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 …
America’s greenest cities: 2019 report card
Which are America’s greenest cities? WalletHub names and shames in a report released today. We look at the top 10 and bottom 10. We also look at which cities had the lowest and highest greenhouse gas emissions per capita. (The United States was …
Scottish Golf to install more than 1,000 EV charging stations
Scottish Golf, Scotland’s national governing body for amateur golf, has partnered with electric vehicle (EV) charging provider Forev to build a network of more than 1,000 charge points at affiliated golf clubs.
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Extinction Rebellion: who they are, and what they want
Extinction Rebellion (XR) is busy making headlines today with global protests. So what do they have to do with green energy? In short, a lot. Here’s an explainer.
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EGEB: Ecuador scraps fuel subsidies, so what about its green energy? Dulles may go big on solar, more
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…
Will Washington’s Dulles airport get a huge solar energy project?
Dominion Energy and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority are going to jointly explore a large-scale 100-mW solar energy project at Washington Dulles International Airport. It would be on approximately 1,200 acres. It could power up to 25,000 hom…
Kenya’s first green bond raises $41.45 million
Kenya has gotten its very first green bond. Stanbic Bank in Kenya, who arranged the deal, announced the arrangement. It has raised $41.45 million (4.3 billion Kenyan shillings), according to the bank. The bond will be used to build climate-resilient s…
Ecuador scraps fuel subsidies — where does green energy fit in?
President Lenin Moreno of Ecuador has scrapped fuel subsidies worth $1.3 billion a year. This has resulted in widespread protests since last week. Moreno said he scrapped the subsidies to boost Ecuador’s economy and ease the country’s debt…
Climate Crisis Weekly: How you can help protect your morning coffee, UK protesters’ fake-blood plan goes awry, more
Your morning coffee could become a luxury as Peruvian farms’ crops falter due to climate change.
Climate crisis protesters in London spray fake blood with a fire hose — and it gets a little crazy.
Sharks are swimming further north because of gl…
