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The Green New Deal is a non-binding resolution that was introduced in US Congress in February 2018. It is a framework of ideas and targets, designed to provide a vision of how to transition the US to a future of renewable energy and zero emission transportation, in the service of mitigating future climate change while fueling economic growth. It encompasses a wide variety of related factors, from emission targets to environmental concerns to job creation.

It was introduced by US Congress members Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey, and earned the support of a number of Democratic presidential candidates in 2018.

Biden wants all government employees to use EVs, take trains

President Biden


The Biden administration has issued a new directive to all government employees to travel by train or electric car, or electric Uber or Lyft, when traveling on official business. As the country’s largest employer, with an annual business travel purchasing budget of $2.8 billion, that could have a serious impact on carbon emissions.

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Biden’s ‘poster child’ for US-made electric car batteries gets a new CEO

Our Next Energy (ONE)


Michigan-based EV battery startup ONE, Our Next Energy, has been touted as “a poster child” of President Biden’s agenda to wean the US off its dependence on China by building batteries in the US, and bringing a flood of new clean tech jobs with it. But after a wave of layoffs and a loss of funding, the company has announced a new CEO. It is replacing its CEO and founder Mujeeb Ijaz, known for his dazzling genius in the field of battery engineering, with a seasoned executive and board member.

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EGEB: World’s largest EV — a mining truck — will be hydrogen-powered

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

  • South Africa’s Anglo American is developing the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mining truck.
  • Bernie Sanders says he’ll make the fossil-fuel industry pay $3 trillion to fund the Green New Deal.
  • A new Arizona law is a big blow for green energy and local governance.


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Climate Crisis Weekly: Highlights from the UN climate change summit in Madrid

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  • COP25: What was — and was not — achieved at the UN Climate Summit in Madrid.
  • Climate activist Greta Thunberg is TIME’s 2019 Person of the Year.
  • Why melting ice in the Arctic directly affects every one of us.
  • Which US states cut their environmental agency budget and staff numbers? This map will tell you.
  • And more…


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EGEB: 21 states sue Trump over lifted coal restrictions, Seattle passes its own Green New Deal, more

Coal accounts for most fossil fuel subsidies

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

  • 21 US states sue Trump administration over relaxed coal restrictions.
  • Seattle passes its own Green New Deal.
  • A new study has confirmed that solar is now cheaper than grid electricity in China.
  • Helsinki, Finland, has launched the Think Sustainably program.


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Climate Change Weekly: Accelerating extinction, Biden’s ‘middle ground,’ Green New Deal, and more

In this edition of Climate Change Weekly:

  • A new report finds nature on an unprecedented decline, with accelerating extinction rates.
  • Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden seeking “middle ground” climate policy.
  • Iceland is using a new method to fight climate change.
  • The more Republicans hear about the Green New Deal, the more they decide they don’t like it.
  • Ireland follows the UK in declaring a climate emergency.
  • And more…


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