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The Anaheim Transportation Network in California opened its solar-powered EV charging hub, “The Charge,” that will provide charging for its fleet of 80 battery electric buses.

Microsoft announced the signing of a global renewable energy framework agreement to contribute to the software company's goal of having 100% of its electricity consumption 100% of the time matched by zero carbon energy purchases by 2030. The five-year agreement is a first-of-its-kind global framework agreement that is almost eight times larger than the largest single corporate PPA ever signed.

Through the Sustainability Roundtable, Inc.'s Net Zero Consortium for Buyers, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Cadence Design Systems, IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., PTC, and a large healthcare company signed an aggregated virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA).

Spruce Root, a southeast Alaska nonprofit and Community Development Financial Institution, will receive a $2.5 million U.S. DOE grant for a heat pump deployment project for Prince of Wales Island.

TOTO, a plumbing manufacturer, received approval for its 2030 GHG reduction targets from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced new targets to achieve net-zero emissions across its operations and value chain by 2045 and 100% renewable electricity across all sites by 2035.

Toyota Logistics Services (TLS), a vehicle processing and distribution center in Long Beach, California, plans to use biogas at the facility.

Union Pacific Railroad lowered absolute GHG emissions for Scopes 1 and 2 by 19.1% since 2018.

BeiGene, Ltd., a global oncology company, is implementing a strategy that includes energy efficiency projects and renewable energy purchases, including installing solar panels on its manufacturing facilities to help it lower emissions.

BlueTriton Brands, Inc., a  water and beverage company in North America, set several 2030 goals, including seeking 100% of purchased electricity to come from renewable sources and to lower absolute operational GHG emissions in Scopes 1 and 2 by 42% versus 2022.