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The Denver Climate Action Task Force released July 7 their final recommendations to the Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resiliency to get the Colorado city to zero emissions by 2040, a goal 20% lower and 10 years earlier than previously planned.

Cargill announced July 7 ten new renewable energy projects around the world that are expected to come online next year and will reduce their carbon emissions by approximately 350,000 metric tons per year.

Kimco Realty Group announced July 6 achieved their goal of reducing same-site Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by more than 10% between 2015 and 2020.

The ODP Corporation announced July 2 that they succeeded in their goal to reduce energy consumption by 2021 and saw a 36% decrease in facility energy consumption between 2016 and 2019.

IBM announced that they decreased their energy consumption by 4.5% and CO2 emissions by 11.1% in 2019 and now source 47% of their electricity from renewable sources.

Darigold and the Northwest Dairy Association announced June 30 that they plan to be carbon neutral by 2050 through investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives released a proposal on June 30 that would get the U.S. to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 by emphasizing the electrification of the transportation sector and deployment of clean energy technologies.

Cox Communications announced June 29 that they are building an integrated 360 kW solar and 560 kW onsite behind-the-meter battery storage project at their primary corporate office in San Diego.

The momentum behind the renewable energy transition is unstoppable. To date, 162 local governments, 13 states and the District of Columbia, and 229 global companies have committed to 100% renewable energy. In this column from IMT's "Stronger Together" series, Jake Duncan explores how efficiency and demand management can smooth over some of the challenges of the renewable energy transition so that we can power an electrified society quickly and cost-effectively.