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Ford develops and begins manufacturing new powered respirator; expanding other COVID-19 efforts

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Meanwhile, Ford is now manufacturing face masks for internal use globally and pursuing certification for medical use at its Van Dyke Transmission Plant. Ford’s global manufacturing and purchasing teams quickly sourced the necessary materials and equipment from its network of equipment manufacturers around the world.

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

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This new global emission estimate is startling. Human activities, including fossil fuel combustion and intensive agriculture, have increased the availability of nitrogen in the environment. —Henry Gholz, program director in NSF’s Division of Environmental Biology, which funded the research.

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UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

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UPS has deployed more than 4,400 natural gas vehicles and a network of fueling stations, said Mark Wallace, UPS senior vice president global engineering and sustainability. Through its Rolling Laboratory, UPS uses a research-based approach to determine the right alternative fuel solutions for the location, route and driving environments.

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Ford to invest $4.7B to improve manufacturing plants & add 6,200 UAW employees to workforce

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The legacy OEM also plans to invest another $1 billion in the next five years to improve the workplace environment in its factories based in the United States. The investment will generate 1,100 union jobs for a third shift at Kansas City Assembly Plant. Ford plans to invest $3.7 by the end of 2026.

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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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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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GE Global Research will develop thin-film sensors that enable. environment of a lithium-ion battery in real-time. modeling of the battery’s internal environment. the University of Kansas, and Vanderbilt. Extremely precise measurements. sampled by the device will reduce the time and expense. Battelle Memorial.