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Amazon announced 18 new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects across the U.S., Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K., totaling 5.6 gigawatts of procured capacity in 2021.

The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) has released a new report showing how cities are using energy technologies and infrastructure upgrades to advance local energy and climate goals, helping the U.S. make further progress in addressing its growing energy and climate challenges.

TransUnion announced its new climate pledge to reach net zero on Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions by 2025 and 30% reductions on leased real estate Scope 3 emissions by 2030.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency celebrates the 580 manufacturing plants that achieved the energy savings goals set out by EPA 10 years ago to drive energy efficiency and GHG emissions reductions.

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

Cargill announced a 10-year Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) in the Netherlands, representing the company’s largest physical renewable power purchase signed globally and their first signed in Europe

BASF is accelerating its extensive cross-company activities to reduce its CO2 emissions by 25% by 2030 compared with 2018 and become climate neutral by 2050. The company also signed a 25-year PPA for renewable energy in ENGIE.

Johnson & Johnson announced a new PPA in the U.S. that will allow the company to source the equivalent of 100% of its electricity in the U.S. and Canada from wind and solar power by 2023.