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Mayors of Madrid, Mexico City and Paris pledge to remove diesel cars from their cities by 2025

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At the C40 Mayors Summit in Mexico City, the mayors of Paris, Mexico City and Madrid pledged to remove diesel cars from their cities by 2025. Further bolstering the effort to improve air quality, C40 announced a two-year partnership with Johnson & Johnson to promote the health and well-being of urban inhabitants and the environment.

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Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas partner for regional hydrogen hub to compete for IIJA funding

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The governor of each of the partner states appointed the following individuals from their respective state to serve as designee to the partnership: Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Secretary Thomas Harris; Oklahoma Secretary of Energy & Environment Kenneth Wagner; and Arkansas Secretary of Energy & Environment Becky W.

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Canada, US and Mexico commit to align light- and heavy-duty fuel efficiency and GHG standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively

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As one of the outcomes of the “Three Amigos” meeting in Ottawa, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Barack Obama, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto committed to an “ambitious and enduring” North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership. 50% clean power target.

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GM sourcing components for the Chevy Volt produced from recycled oil-soaked plastic booms from BP spill

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General Motors has developed a method to convert an estimated 100 miles of the oil-laden plastic boom material used to soak up oil from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year into parts for the Chevy Volt. —Mike Robinson, GM vice president of Environment, Energy and Safety policy. Boom recycling process.

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Baker Institute-led group to develop nationwide protocol for paying ranchers and farmers to store carbon

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Texas Parks and Wildlife; the Texas Coastal Exchange; the New Mexico Department of Agriculture; GSI Environmental Inc.; .; the Nature Conservancy; Audubon Texas; Applied Ecological Services Inc.; When completed, the working group’s concept will be available and open to anyone who wants to buy or sell carbon.

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USDA approves $99M, 80% loan guarantee to Chemtex to support development of cellulosic ethanol from energy grasses

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USDA has funded 8 additional biorefineries that are using feedstocks such as agriculture residue, woody biomass, municipal solid waste, and algae in states including Michigan, Oregon, Florida, Nevada, and New Mexico. The new USDA loan guarantee is part of a larger effort to produce advanced biofuels in every region of the country.

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Ford targeting 30% reduction in water used per vehicle by 2015

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—Sue Cischke, group vice president, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering. Ford’s Hermosillo Stamping and Assembly Plant in Mexico produces the Ford Fusion, Fusion Hybrid and Lincoln MKZ. By eliminating the coolant/water mixture, dry-machining eliminates the need to treat and dispose of an oily waste stream.

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