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White House Approves EV Deployment Plan

September 28, 2022

The Biden-Harris Administration announced it has approved Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plans for all 50 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico ahead of schedule under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula.

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Race to Net-Zero Episode 2: Outlining your journey: Houston's landmark Climate Action Plan, with Priya Zachariah

September 27, 2022

In this episode of the Race to Net-Zero, host John Failla sits down with Priya Zachariah, Chief Resilience and Sustainability Officer for the City of Houston, and Greg Kandankulam, Director of Sustainability Advisory at NRG. They discuss the importance of the sustainability goal-setting process and programs the city of Houston has implemented to achieve its ambitious public commitments.

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United Rentals Outlines Emission Goals

September 27, 2022

United Rentals announced an agreement with Ford Motor Company to add EVs to its fleet for use by the company’s sales, service and delivery personnel.

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Cincinnati Zoo to Add Solar

September 27, 2022

The Cincinnati Zoo will add a 28 MW solar project.

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Hertz, BP Partner to Add EV Charging Stations  

September 27, 2022

Hertz and bp announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the development of a national network of EV charging stations powered by bp pulse, bp’s global electrification and charging solution brand.

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Timken Sets 2030 Goals

September 27, 2022

The Timken Company, a global provider of engineered bearings and industrial motion products, announced a goal to reduce aggregate Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions intensity by 50% by 2030.

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Diamondback Energy Updates Emission Progress  

September 27, 2022

Diamondback Energy updated its emission progress including the reduction of Scope 1 GHG intensity by approximately 15% from 2020 to 2021.

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Salesforce Launches Carbon Credit Marketplace

September 26, 2022

Salesforce, a global CRM company, introduced Net Zero Marketplace, a platform that makes carbon credit purchases simple and transparent, allowing organizations to accelerate climate positive impact at scale.

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De-risking Your Energy Transition

September 26, 2022

The race to decarbonize is evident across key industry trends, which reflect growing urgency from companies to reduce their carbon emissions and benefit from the many opportunities that achieving net zero can bring. In this white paper from Shell Energy, learn how integrated decarbonization solutions can help your business develop resilience, operational excellence, & environmental leadership. 

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JetBlue to Purchase SAF

September 26, 2022

JetBlue announced plans to bolster its transition to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with a new agreement with AIR COMPANY, a carbon technology company creating carbon-negative alcohols and fuels from carbon dioxide.

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Freeport-McMoRan Sets 2030 Goals

September 26, 2022

International mining cmopany Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) established 2030 GHG reduction targets that collectively cover nearly 100% of its Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions.

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DOE Provides $7 Billion Funding for Hydrogen Projects

September 26, 2022

The U.S. Department of Energy opened applications for the $7 billion program to create regional clean hydrogen hubs (H2Hubs) across the country.

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Weekend Reads: The Case for EVs Amid Concerns of Grid Resilience; Lessons from the Puerto Rico Blackouts

September 24, 2022

It's the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web.

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Amtrak Sets 2045 Goal

September 23, 2022

Amtrak pledged to achieve net-zero GHG emissions across the Amtrak Network by 2045.

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Argonne National Lab to Develop Carbon-Free Power Generation Tech

September 23, 2022

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory launched a long-term agreement with Constellation to evaluate trends in the country’s energy system and develop technologies.

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With financial losses from climate change mounting, the SEC must act now

By Mindy Lubber, Ceres   |  September 23, 2022

In just the past two months, record-shattering torrential rains have wreaked havoc on homes and businesses in Texas, the west coast and the Midwest, along with Pakistan, Australia, China and other parts of the globe. Mindy Lubber, President and CEO of Ceres, explains why these and other financial impacts from the systemic climate trends are hugely relevant as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission considers its next move in its push to significantly strengthen corporate climate disclosure rules.

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Whirlpool Signs VPPA

September 23, 2022

Whirlpool Corp. announced that it has entered into a second wind VPPA to accelerate progress towards its commitment to reach Net Zero (Scopes 1 and 2) emissions in its plants and operations by 2030.

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Edison Lowers Emissions

September 23, 2022

Edison International, Southern California Edison (SCE) and Edison Energy announced that in 2021, 80% of Scope 1 emissions came from SCE’s combined cycle natural gas plant, Mountainview, which is covered under California’s cap-and-trade market.

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Amazon Completes 71 New Renewable Energy Projects Globally  

September 22, 2022

Amazon announced that it expanded its renewable energy portfolio globally with an additional 2.7 GW of clean energy capacity across 71 new renewable energy projects.

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Fortescue to Spend $6.2 Billion for Decarbonisation  

September 22, 2022

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd aims to eliminate fossil fuel use and achieve real zero terrestrial emissions (Scope 1 and 2) across its iron ore operations by 2030.

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Petcurean Updates Emission Goals

September 22, 2022

Petcurean, a manufacturer of premium pet food brands GO! SOLUTIONS® and NOW FRESH®, achieved carbon neutrality for Scopes 1 and 2 by offsetting 100% of its GHG emissions for the past three years.

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BNEF: First Time For Wind and Solar Top 10% Global Power Generation    

September 22, 2022

Wind and solar projects met over 10% of global electricity demand for the first time in 2022, according to research company BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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Hertz to Buy General Motors EVs

September 21, 2022

Hertz and General Motors Co. announced an agreement in which Hertz plans to order up to 175,000 Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac and BrightDrop EVs over the next five years.

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2022 Better Plants Progress Update

September 21, 2022

The U.S. Department of Energy's 2022 Better Plants Progress Update shows that partners have cumulatively saved more than $10.6 billion in energy costs, 2.2 quadrillion Btus of energy, and more than 130 million metric tons of CO2 to date. The report highlights four Better Plant partners who achieved their energy intensity reduction goals in the past years and takes a look at Focusing on Decarbonization.

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Daughters of Mary Campus Add Microgrid

September 21, 2022

Four critical community facilities at the Daughters of Mary of the Immaculate Conception campus are being powered by a new microgrid.

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PPG to Add Solar at Michigan Plant

September 21, 2022

PPG announced a 1.5 MW agreement with Constellation that will help PPG purchase renewable energy equivalent to the annual electricity use of its Adrian, Michigan automotive adhesives and sealants manufacturing facility beginning in 2024.

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Schlumberger, Aramco Partner on Digital Sustainability Solutions 

September 21, 2022

Schlumberger and Aramco announced plans to collaborate and develop a digital platform that will provide sustainability solutions for hard-to-abate industrial sectors.

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Procter and Gamble Adds Solar

September 20, 2022

Procter and Gamble (P&G) and ENGIE North America (ENGIE) announced a 200 MW PPA from ENGIE's Sun Valley Solar project located in Hill County, Texas, 65 miles southwest of Dallas.

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Takeda Signs VPPA

September 20, 2022

Takeda announced the signing of a long-term VPPA for the electricity delivered to the power grid from a 79 MW portion of Enel’s Seven Cowboy wind project in Oklahoma.

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Comcast Cable to Double Network Energy Efficiency

September 20, 2022

Comcast Cable plans to double its network energy efficiency by 2030, cutting the electricity per consumed terabyte of data in half.

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