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

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UPS is working to meet its goal of logging one billion miles with its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet by the end of 2017, using a Rolling Laboratory approach to determine the right alternative fuel solutions to meet the unique needs of route-specific driving environments. El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.;

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

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by the end of the year, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. ” Amazon ordered 100,000 Rivian EDVs in its initial order and has stood behind the EV startup in alignment with its Climate Pledge – a commitment to reach net-zero carbon across our operations by 2040. .”

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NOAA: US records warmest March, precipitation above average

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Record and near-record breaking temperatures dominated the eastern two-thirds of the US, contributing to the warmest March on record since 1895 for the contiguous United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in its monthly State of the Climate report. The average temperature of 51.1 °F

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Transcanada restarts Keystone oil sands pipeline operations

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TransCanada Corporation said that its 590,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) capacity Keystone Pipeline system resumed transporting oil sands crude on Sunday, 5 June, after a shutdown 29 May following an above-ground spill at a pump station in Kansas involving less than 10 barrels of oil. stabilize climate and avoid disastrous global climate impacts.

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Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O

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That’s three times the amount estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and stratospheric ozone destruction. This multi-site experiment clearly establishes streams and rivers as important sources of nitrous oxide.

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Neil Young - Rockin’ The EV World in “JOHNNY MAGIC” Straight from his LincVolt

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Out on the Kansas two-lane flats near Wichita. Tags: Johnny Magic environmental legislation renewable energy fossil fuels environment Neil Young politics plug-in cars climate change Yes We Can! The home of the heavy metal Continental. She was born to run on a Proud Highway. Now she goes long range on domestic green fuel.

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Studying Climate Change with an Ice Radar Drone

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And the data that Peregrine will gather will help scientists to understand how these critical areas will respond to climate change. And as we try to understand how ice sheets are responding to new climate extremes, these processes are key. Thomas Teisberg, an electrical engineering Ph.D. At the time, two U.S.