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Amazon begins deploying its Rivian electric delivery vehicles

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Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Decarbonized Buildings & Vehicles Create Good Missouri Jobs

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By Gabrielle Habeeb & Ashok Gupta Eliminating carbon emissions from our building and transportation sectors will be critical to maintaining a healthy and livable climate. Originally published on the NRDC Expert Blog.

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Rivian’s Amazon EV delivery van will drop packages in 100 cities by end of 2022

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Finally, deliveries in production models of the Rivian EDV are set to expand to over 100 cities in the U.S. by the end of the year, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities,” the e-commerce giant said.

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EPA proposes increase in renewable fuel levels for CY 2017

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The non-advanced or “conventional” fuels portion of total renewable fuels—which requires a minimum of 20% lifecycle carbon emissions reductions—would increase by 300 million gallons between 2016 and 2017 and achieve 99% of the Congressional target of 15 billion gallons. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge. billion gallons in 2016.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Kansas City Power & Light. NextGen Climate America. The Standard for High Performance Green Buildings will consider a revision to encourage EV-ready building practices. a standard for high performance green buildings that in 2018 will become the basis for the International Green Construction Code.

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