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NICE, a software company for companies with contact centers, reported a decrease in Scope 1 and 2 CO2e emission intensity.

Amtrak announced the support of its company-wide climate commitment by making increased purchases of carbon-free energy and reducing diesel usage and GHG emissions by more than 450,000 metric tons of CO2 since 2010.

Playoff Green revealed its progress on climate goals, including offsetting 100% of all electricity, local transportation, onsite fuels, waste, food and beverage procurement, and energy from water. The company used carbon offsets, renewable energy certificates (RECs), as well as solar energy and energy efficiency enhancements to achieve this result.

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The Beverly Hilton and the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills announced the launch of an ice-based energy storage system serving the two adjacent hotels.

Vetter reported for the first time its Scope 3 emissions and shows its CO2 balance according to the requirements of the international Greenhouse Gas Protocol.

In this episode of Smart Energy Voices, host Debra Chanil shares a talk from Peter Kelly-Detwiler, a long-time friend of Smart Energy Decisions and author of The Energy Switch. Peter discusses new technologies and their advantages, drawbacks, and relative state of maturation, as well as a useful framework for how to think about new technologies and how they might affect enterprises going forward.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it allocated $135 million for 40 projects that will reduce carbon pollution in the industrial sector.

Chegg, Inc., a student-connected learning platform, announced it expanded GHG emissions reporting to include Scope 3, emissions from its indirect value chain.

The DOE prepared the U.S. National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap to identify key actions that enable successful market adoption of clean hydrogen technologies in support of a net-zero GHG emission economy by 2050. Read this report to explore key actions that enable successful market adoption of clean hydrogen in support of a net-zero economy.