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Hecla Mining Company achieved net zero on Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emissions and reduced emissions by 44% from 2019 baseline levels.

Merck announced its inaugural issuance of a $1 billion sustainability bond, which was part of an $8 billion underwritten public offering of notes that closed on Dec. 10, 2021.

BayoTech, Inc., a hydrogen distributor, announced an agreement with New Mexico Gas Company to deploy a new hydrogen production facility in Albuquerque.

City officials in Boise, Idaho said they want to increase geothermal heating by 40% to become carbon neutral by 2050.

DHL Express, a German international express service provider, is the first within Deutsche Post DHL Group to test hydrogen-fueled trucks for long distances with Apple as the first customer.

Baker Hughes announced it will purchase a 20% stake in Ekona Power to help advance new project development and commercialization such as producing cleaner and lower cost turquoise hydrogen, manufacturing hydrogen with drastically lower carbon dioxide.

More than 260 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity were added around the world, an increase of almost 50% over expansion in 2019 and beating both estimates and records. According to data released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), more than 80% of all new electricity capacity added in 2020 was renewable, with solar and wind accounting for 91% of new renewables.

The City of Hillsboro, Ore., announced Oct. 14 the completion of a city water pipeline project that could generate between 185,000 and 200,000 kWh of clean, renewable electricity each year.

Anheuser-Busch InBev announced Oct. 6 a new partnership that will allow their beverages to be canned in a low-carbon aluminum made with renewable hydropower and recycled content.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation signed Aug. 24 a memorandum of understanding in regard to a collaboration on the advancement of hydropower generation in America.