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Delta Air Lines completed an offtake agreement Sept. 30 for 250 million gallons of blended fuel with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in a deal that is estimated to be worth more than $1 billion.

LyondellBasell released Sept. 29 its plan for reaching net-zero emissions in its global operations by 2050.

Phillips 66 announced Sept. 30 its new target to reduce emissions intensity from its operations by 30% before 2030.

The latest IPCC report suggests that we’re in a pivotal decade for climate action. As business leaders and governments gather at Climate Week, says Kristen Siemen, Vice President of Sustainable Workplaces and Chief Sustainability Officer at General Motors, we need to ask the hard questions about what’s next now that many large businesses have expressed a desire to be carbon neutral.

A collection of Wendy’s locations across North Carolina, Virginia and New Jersey will soon undergo an energy efficiency overhaul that includes no-cost HVAC replacements, new LED lighting, refrigeration controls and monitoring.

Ford Motor Company announced Sept. 27 its largest investment into electric vehicle production with the opening of two manufacturing campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky for electric vehicles and batteries.

The Boston City Council unanimously approved Sept. 23 an ordinance requiring all buildings larger than 20,000 square feet to be zero-emission by 2050.

Smart Energy Decisions present the Webinar Center - your go-to resource for presentations you need to help you make the best decisions for your energy efficiency and renewable energy strategies. Recent webinars include "Go Green to Save Green," "Assuring Optimal O&M Performance for Solar Assets," "How Daimler Trucks North America is Accelerating Scope 1, 2, and 3 Emission Reductions with Sustainable Energy Services Agreements," and "Cost, Sustainability, and Resilience Benefits of the Latest DER Technology: Kroger on its Mainspring Linear Generator Deployments."

In this episode of Smart Energy Voices, host John Failla sits down with Tripp Borstel, Head of Transformation at ENGIE Impact to discuss Creating Your Roadmap to Net Zero. They discuss key levers and issues relating to the use of carbon offsets. There’s a lot to cover when it comes to achieving zero emissions - and the scale of the challenge requires creating alignment across a variety of parties within an organization. Listen in to this conversation from Smart Energy Decisions’ recent Renewable Energy Forum.

New York State has surpassed the halfway mark toward its goal of replacing at least 500,000 streetlights with LED lighting by 2025.