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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $1.7 billion to support the conversion of 11 shuttered or at-risk auto manufacturing and assembly facilities across eight states.

Emerson College, a higher education institution, announced it entered into a partnership to convert 100% of their heating operations by implementing a thermal energy solution.

Cummins Inc. announced the power solutions company achieved progress in its efforts to lower GHG emissions from its facilities and operations, reaching a 31% reduction of its Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions in 2023.

BorgWarner lowered its Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 32% through 2023 from a 2021 baseline, achieving progress toward its goal of carbon neutral operations in 2035.

Select Water Solution, a provider of sustainable water management and chemical solutions, announced its efforts on lowering GHG emissions resulted in a 9% reduction in combined Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions intensity from 2022.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a global medical technology company,  announced it has surpassed its Scope 1 and 2 science-based GHG emissions reduction targets for FY 2023 by 5 percentage points and received approval for near and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets from the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi).

Google's 2024 Environmental Report provides an overview of the company's sustainability strategy, targets, and annual progress toward them. Among the highlights to explore are the company's efforts to harness technology — particularly AI — to drive positive environmental change and operate the business sustainably. And the challenges? Total GHG emissions increased 13% year-over-year in 2023, primarily driven by increased data center energy consumption and supply chain emissions.

Toyota Motor North America invested in a new high-powered charging network along with seven other automakers to support its buildout for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) across North America.

Snohomish County Public Utility District signed a contract to construct a battery energy storage system (BESS) with a 20-year guaranteed capacity of 25 megawatts and 100 megawatt-hours.

The city of Boston will expand access to curbside EV charging and establish a public-private partnership that will help the city demonstrate a scalable model of deploying EV charging stations in the public right-of-way.