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The Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria installed an energy-savings solution at their hotels that lowers the need for air conditioning during peak electric demand, reducing GHG emissions, energy use and costs.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) unveiled its first set of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at its South Atlanta Sorting and Delivery Center (S&DC). Additional charging stations will be installed at hundreds of new S&DCs across the U.S. in 2024. 

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Google announced it has begun construction on a new data center in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire that will handle off-site heat recovery.

Trafigura, a global commodities group, announced that it has agreed to purchase carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc., which owns or leases more than 100 freight railroads, continued to upgrade its North American locomotive fleet to reduce fuel consumption and minimize emissions.

The Wolfson Hospital in Holon, Israel will deploy low-carbon electric heat as part of a new project.

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The Environmental Protection Agency announced that Washington and Oregon will switch from diesel-powered buses and receive $51,148,500 for the purchase of 144 clean school buses.

Retrofitting existing buildings could lower their energy intensity by nearly 40%, according to the World Economic Forum’s Transforming Energy Demand report.