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UPS makes largest purchase of renewable natural gas yet in the US: 170M gallon equivalents over 7 years

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UPS drives more than 6,100 CNG and LNG vehicles which can be powered by RNG in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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US, China, and G-20 agree to work to global phase down of HFCs

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This was agreed by: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey,the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union, as well as Ethiopia, Spain, Senegal, Brunei, Kazakhstan, and Singapore.

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Survey Shows Overwhelming Interest in a Four-Day Workweek

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Increasing productivity with a shorter workweek Dante Medina is an electrical and electronics engineering specialist at Mercedes-Benz Argentina. Dante Medina Dante Medina , an electrical and electronics engineering specialist at Mercedes-Benz Argentina , says he believes a four-day workweek would be beneficial for employees.

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16 National Hydrogen Associations Submit Statement to UNFCC Highlighting Hydrogens Potential Contribution to Curbing GHG Emissions

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Members of the 16 PATH associations whose industrial and educational members represent 39% of the world’s population and 76% of the world GDP: Argentina: Asociación Argentina del Hidrógeno. United Kingdom: UK Hydrogen Association. United States: National Hydrogen Association.

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G20 Leaders Agree to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies

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The G20 is made up of the finance ministers and central bank governors of 19 countries: Argentina; Australia; Brazil; Canada; China; France; Germany; India; Indonesia; Italy; Japan; Mexico; Russia; Saudi Arabia; South Africa; South Korea; Turkey; United Kingdom; and the United States of America.

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NOAA: May Global Temperature is Warmest on Record; Spring and January-May also Post Record-breaking Temps

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Anomalously cool conditions were present across western North America, northern Argentina, interior Asia, and Western Europe. For the United Kingdom, it was the driest spring since 1984, and the twelfth driest since the UK record began in 1910. The Chinese province of Yunnan had its warmest May since 1951. Other Highlights.

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InterAcademy Council to Conduct Independent Review of the UN IPCC’s Processes and Procedures at Request of United Nations and IPCC

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The 18-member InterAcademy Council Board is composed of presidents of 15 academies of science and equivalent organizations representing Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.