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BlackRock’s Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund closed April 15 on a $5.1 billion fund for Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund III to invest in sustainability projects.

Clean Power Alliance approved April 2 a new Energy Storage Agreement that will result in the construction of a 100 MW battery storage project in California, one of the largest in the state.

The City Council of Columbus, Ohio unanimously voted on March 16 to establish an energy and water benchmarking program, the first in the state, in line with other Midwestern leaders like Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and Des Moines.

The Worcester Housing Authority, who provides affordable housing to more than 3,000 households in Massachusetts, finalized the second phase of work on an existing energy performance contract that totaled $23.6 million to construct energy conservation measures at 15 affordable housing developments.

Member airlines of the International Air Transport Association (Iata) are lobbying the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to amend the global agreement for offsetting and reducing airline industry emissions as they deal with the economi

HelloFresh announced April 13 that they will begin offsetting 100% of the CO2 emissions generated from its operations, outbound shipping and corporate travel across its U.S. brands.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed into law this week the Virginia Clean Economy Act, which promotes energy efficiency, sets a schedule for closing old fossil fuel power plants and requires 100% of electricity to come from renewable sources by 2045.

Dickinson College announced April 10 that they have succeeded in becoming carbon neutral just in time for their 2020 goal established in 2007.

Tri Delta Transit managed to cut emissions by 40% by converting part of their city bus fleet to electric models and using a new charging software platform.