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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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E) will award $39 million in funding to 16 projects across 12 states to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required for the clean energy transition. The projects selected projects as part of the MINER program are: University of Texas at Arlington. Idaho National Laboratory.

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Stellantis and GM furlough more workers as UAW strike expands

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The Stellantis furlough takes place at two stamping facilities that supply the company’s truck assembly plant, bringing the total number of furloughed employees to 2,045. It also comes after GM reported its Q3 financial results earlier in the day on Tuesday. billion and $10.7

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UPS to invest $130M in > 700 natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; > $1B invested in alt fuels since 2008

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The company is the largest consumer of RNG in the transportation sector. Fort Worth, Texas; and Arlington, Texas. Four hundred semi-tractors will be supplied by Freightliner and Kenworth and 330 terminal trucks by TICO. Last year, UPS used 15 million gallon equivalents of RNG. The five new CNG stations will be in Goodyear, Ariz.;

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Chevrolet one of 16 organizations across US recognized by EPA for Climate Action; only automaker

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The following organizations received Excellence in Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Achievement Award) awards: The City and County of San Francisco; The Clorox Company; DPR Construction; SC Johnson; Sprint; and. The awards were presented at the 2015 Climate Leadership Conference in Arlington, Va. Tiffany & Co. Tiffany & Co.

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Clean Energy to build new CNG stations for multiple transit agencies and large school district; agreements with trucking, refuse and others

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will construct new compressed natural gas (CNG) stations for Arlington Transit (ART) in Arlington County, Virginia; Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) in Long Island, NY; and North Kansas City (MO) School District, which is set to become the largest school district in the US to transition its school bus fleet to CNG.

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What is Tesla’s Mystery Magnet?

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And at a recent magnetics conference Ping Liu , a professor at the University of Texas in Arlington, asked other researchers what they thought of Tesla’s announcement. “No These magnets are weak and, more important, the world supply of cobalt is so fraught that they make up less than 2 percent of the permanent-magnet market.

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Environmental Charter High School Gets Solar; Greenius Goes EcoMedia

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SEED Award winner, Scotty “Claus” Martin, founder and owner of the Living Christmas Company , whose sustainable business model has brought a new kind of gift to the holidays was there to see the latest living learning lab being unveiled at the school and to attend its annual community forum.

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