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Colgate-Palmolive announced Nov. 18 its sustainability strategy for 2025 and beyond, which includes a target to source 100% renewable electricity for its global operations by 2030 and achieve net zero carbon emissions globally by 2040.

The Government of Quebec announced Nov. 16 its massive "Plan for a Green Economy 2030," which has a budget of $6.7 billion CAD over five years and will focus heavily on the electrification of transportation and clean electricity to reduce its emissions output to only 54 million tons of CO2e by 2030.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York announced Nov. 12 a fund of $11 million that will go toward building out the state's network of fast electric vehicle charging stations.

McDonald's Italia announced Nov. 4 that it will be installing 200 new electric vehicle charging stations at 100 of its restaurant car parks in Italy.

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Penske Truck Leasing announced Nov. 11 that Temco Logistics, a last-mile delivery service for home appliances in California, has leased an electric eM2 from the Freightliner Innovation Fleet.

Black & Veatch announced Nov. 12 that it is committed to carbon neutrality by 2025 and to aligning its sustainability path with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

The City of Rochester, N.Y., announced Nov. 12 a new program that will give residents and small business owners the opportunity to source 100% renewable energy at a low, fixed rate.

Hydrogen production is growing in popularity around the world and could more than double to reach 168 million tons globally by 2030, a new study found.

General Motors announced Nov. 9 that it will be hiring 3,000 new employees in the first quarter of 2021 in the engineering, design and IT departments to increase the development of electric vehicle models and transform the future of software as a service.