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9 national, regional, state and city governments sign up to ZEV Pledge for their fleets; 121,355 vehicles

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Nine national, regional, state and city-level governments signed up to Climate Group’s newly launched initiative ZEV Pledge. State of California: 100% zero-emission buses by 2030; 100% zero-emission light-duty vehicles (4+ wheels vehicles) by 2035; 100% zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles by 2040.

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Study: surface ozone in India in 2005 damaged 6M tonnes of crops, enough to feed 94M people in poverty

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Smog in India. New research shows that ozone pollution damaged millions of tons of wheat, rice, soybean and cotton crops in India in 2005. Surface ozone pollution in India damaged 6 million metric tons (6.7 Surface ozone pollution in India damaged 6 million metric tons (6.7 Credit: Mark Danielson/Flickr.

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ICAO establishes 2050 net-zero CO2 emission goal for international aviation

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The agreement is exciting, in part because ICAO has stopped pretending to be a global climate cop. California is moving to require the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) under its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). To get to net-zero in 2050, we’ll need to peak emissions as soon as 2025, with richer countries taking the lead.

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15 countries agree to work toward 100% ZEV truck and bus sales by 2040

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In a coordinated effort, subnational governments—such as Québec (Canada), and Telengana (India)—as well as top manufacturers and fleets such as Scania, DHL, and Heineken are endorsing the MOU and agreeing to work collaboratively toward the same 2030 and 2040 goals. California is the new chair.

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Aemetis closes $30M equity investment for biomethane pipelines and dairy digesters to produce below zero carbon renewable natural gas (RNG)

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million tranche to subsidiary Aemetis Biogas to build, own and operate dairy biomethane digesters, pipelines and gas cleanup/compression facilities primarily under 20-year agreements with dairy farms in California. and funded the first $8.3-million The Aemetis plant supplies Wet Distillers Grain feed to about 100 dairies.

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Buses powered by Octillion batteries reach 20M kilometers driven; Caspian pack

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Battery manufacturing facilities operated by Octillion are in the United States, China, and India. That is critical to Caspian’s long-life cycle even in the hottest of climates. The company has operations in 16 locations in Asia, Europe, and North America, with a global workforce of more than 400 employees. Octillion’s 660-volt/88.9-kWh

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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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The Keeling Curve Prize (KCP) has selected 10 winners for 2019, among them Opus 12 (Berkeley, California) which is developing a device that recycles CO? CalCEF/Nexus (Oakland, California) is forming a Qualified Clean Energy Opportunity Zone Fund to deploy solar, wind, energy storage and other clean economy assets. Earlier post.).

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