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US DOD awards MP Materials $35M heavy rare earth processing contract

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HREEs have higher atomic weights and are generally less abundant than light rare earth elements (LREEs). In a separate contract awarded in December 2020, the DoD committed $9.6 million to MP Materials’ Stage II optimization, a project underway to restore LREE processing capabilities to Mountain Pass.

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UPS to invest $100M more in compressed natural gas, CNG vehicles and related infrastructure

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El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.; UPS was one of the initial 13 leading companies to take the Obama Administration’s American Business Act on Climate Pledge, committing to reduce greenhouse gas emission intensity 20% by 2020. Columbia, S.C.; Phoenix, Ariz.; San Antonio, Texas; Tifton, Ga.; Trinidad, Colo.,

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3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi

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These computers will receive command-and-control data from ground-control stations and from optical, infrared, and light detection and ranging (lidar) sensors on the aircraft. Our North Texas (NTX) cohort was established in 2020 specifically to advance the technologies of autonomous flight and communications for AAM.

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Clean Energy wins $10M, multi-year transit deal with New Jersey Transit

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Clean Energy Fuels has won a $10-million, multi-year procurement from New Jersey Transit, the nation’s third largest provider of bus, rail and light rail transit, which links major points in New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia and provides close to 223 million passenger trips each year. The fueling contract runs through 2020.