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UPS to add more than 6,000 natural gas trucks 2020-2022; $450M investment

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As of October 2019, UPS has agreed to purchase 230 million gallon equivalents of RNG over the next seven years, making the company the largest consumer of RNG in the transportation industry. Houston, Texas, and Cleveland, Ohio. UPS CNG Fueling Station.

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Midwest EVOLVE electric vehicle project hosts first EV ride and drive at Earth Day event in Ohio

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This year, in partnership with Mayor Frank Jackson’s Sustainable Cleveland 2019 initiative, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, and Midwest EVOLVE, EarthFest will celebrate the “Year of Vibrant Green Space.”.

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NASA and Virgin Orbit 3D print, test rocket combustion chamber

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The company partnered with NASA experts in combustion and additive manufacturing (3D printing) at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama; Glenn Research Center in Cleveland; and Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Credits: NASA/Virgin Orbit.

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Electrify America opening first California EV fast charging station in Torrance; targeting 9 in California by year-end

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The Country Hills Shopping Plaza in Torrance, California will be the site of the first DC fast charging station to open in the state as part of Electrify America’s plan to install approximately 160 charging stations in California by June 2019. Cleveland Ave., Walmart Supercenter, 8465 Elk Grove Blvd., Elk Grove, CA. Novato, CA.

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Amazon announces milestones within Rivian EDV fleet

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The fleet has now grown to over 3,000 vehicles, tripling in size and helping Amazon reach the sustainability goals that it outlined in 2019. Amazon said that customers in Cleveland, Grand Rapids, Philadelphia, Santa Rosa, San Jose, Tampa, and Toledo, among other areas, will soon see EDVs delivering packages in their areas.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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DOE received more than 160 applications for 2019 TCF funding, with project teams engaging more than 90 different partners across multiple diverse disciplines. Teams must receive a 50% match of non-federal funds from private partners to receive a TCF award. TerraPower LLC, Bellevue, Wash. El Centro, Calif.

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Companies Vie to Build NASA’s Next Communications Network

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It’s an ambitious wish list,” says Eli Naffah , Communications Services Project Manager at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Sixty SpaceX Starlink satellites wait for deployment from their launch rocket in low Earth orbit, in this photograph from 2019.