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Sourcing Renewables - September 3, 2020

New York MTA contracts 25 million gallons of RNG

New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Sept. 2 that they contracted an order of renewable natural gas to power 800 natural gas transit buses in the city.

GHG Emissions - September 3, 2020

Unilever to invest in fossil fuel removal from cleaning product chemicals

Unilever announced Sept. 1 that they will be replacing 100% of the carbon derived from fossil fuels in their cleaning and laundry product formulations with renewable or recycled carbon by 2030 as part of their €1 billion Clean Future investment.

Solar - September 2, 2020

DaVita and Zimmer Biomet ink PPA with Texas solar farm

DaVita and Zimmer Biomet Holdings signed PPAs with a 331 MW solar project in Andrews County, Texas, that is expected to come online in the second quarter of 2021.

GHG Emissions - September 2, 2020

BrewDog becomes world's first carbon negative brewery

BrewDog became the world's first international brewery to become carbon negative by investing £30 million into carbon removal and climate change projects.

Sourcing Renewables - September 2, 2020

Federal agency to migrate to 100% RE Iron Mountain data centers

Iron Mountain announced Sept. 1 that a large U.S. federal government civilian agency will be expanding their data footprint to 5 MW of the storage company's 100% renewable energy data centers in Virginia and Colorado.

Solar - September 1, 2020

Mondelēz International and Clorox get power from new solar plant

The second phase of a solar plant in Upton County, Texas, that will supply power to Mondelēz International and The Clorox Company began operations Sept. 1.

September 1, 2020

Solar breaks record for new capacity in 2019

Solar power was overwhelmingly the most installed power-generating technology in 2019, with a record 118 GW of capacity constructed that year, a new report found.

GHG Emissions - September 1, 2020

Mastercard cuts emissions 43%

Mastercard announced in their newly released Corporate Sustainability Report that they lowered Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 43% and Scope 3 emissions by 40% between 2016 and 2019.

Solar - August 31, 2020

Yakima Chief Hops completes largest WA solar installation

Yakima Chief Hops announced Aug. 31 their newest 3,706-panel solar installation, which became the largest rooftop solar array in Washington state.

GHG Emissions - August 31, 2020

Calif. town mayor plans hydrogen energy overhaul

Mayor R. Rex Parris of Lancaster, Calif., announced in a City Council meeting recently that he plans to transfer the city to a clean hydrogen-based economy, including in fuel energy and integrating hydrogen into the power grid.

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