Do you have an idea to make your city greener? 💡 #EUfunds are available to help cities build a greener future 🌱
Take a look at this 'one stop shop' listing of all available opportunities ➡️ bit.ly/2IJz7Pp#EUGreenWeek 2018
Changes have come on fast and thick since @MarosSefcovic first launched the energy union in 2015, with electric cars showing some of the most impressive developments
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+++Coal-free GB update+++
The GB electricity grid has been coal-free since 10am on Saturday. It's windy today so another new record coal-free stretch looks likely.
Current record: 55hrs
Latest: 50.5hrs & counting
If coal doesn't fire up this evening, we could hit 78hrs!
Makoma Lekalakala (ELA-JHB) and Liziwe McDaid (SAFCEI) will be awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in San Francisco, USA. They will join the winners from five other continents and be honoured for their efforts to mobilise South Africans against the nuclear deal.
'We would need at least 4 planets to keep up our current lifestyle. But we have only one,' said @JunckerEU at the #sustainablefinanceEU conference. We discussed the #EU Strategy for encouraging the financial sector to support green and sustainable projects #COP21#climatechange
Today's #EnergyNews: UKERC paper maps #heat sector & investigates the risks & opportunities posed by #decarbonisation; Greg Clark says Hinkley Point C delay won't impact UK energy security; BP Energy Outlook forecasts five-fold renewables growth & more... bit.ly/2CzmNtJ