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Stay up to date with the latest stories, insights, and announcements.Abbotsford City Council Endorses New Strategy to 'Green' Vehicle Fleet
On Monday June 10, 2019, Abbotsford City Council endorsed an ambitious new Green Fleet Strategy for all City of Abbotsford vehicles, announced Mayor Henry Braun today.
The City, including the Abbotsford Police Department and Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service, has a current fleet of over 600 light and heavy-duty vehicles that are primarily powered by fossil fuels. The City of Abbotsford's Official Community Plan sets clear community-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets: 20% per capita by the year 2025 and 40% per capita by the year 2040, against 2007 emission levels. Efforts to reduce the City's corporate GHG emissions are guided by these targets, and by the City's commitments under the BC Climate Action Charter.
By Market Screener
Kern Dairy Digester: An Example of Combating Climate Change in California
Roy Dowd sniffed the air during a dairy tour he was leading last week on the edge of Bakersfield.
"That's the smell of money," joked the director of operations, maintenance and research at a Visalia company, California Bioenergy LLC, helping local dairies turn manure into a new revenue stream.
Don't hold your nose: Methane from cow manure at local dairies has taken on new value as both a clean-burning fuel and a greenhouse gas to be harnessed.
Growing numbers of dairies are earning a percentage of sales from the electricity generated by combusting "biogas" produced on their property. Soon, some of the gas will be refined on site and injected for sale into natural gas pipelines.
By John Cox, Bakersfield
Renewable Energy Capacity Now Exceeds Coal in U.S.
Renewable energy now generates more electricity in the United States than coal. Solar, wind, hydropower, biomass, and geothermal totaled 21.56 percent of U.S. generating capacity as of April, according to a report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Coal, meanwhile, accounted for just 21.55 percent of capacity, down from 23.04 percent last year.
As Engadget reports, this gap is likely to widen in the coming months. FERC notes that renewable energy has added 1 percentage point to its share of U.S. installed capacity every year, and says that sector could account for 25 percent by 2022. A total of 186,000 megawatts of proposed wind and solar projects are expected to go online in the next four years.
By Yale Environment 360
Kinetrex Energy, EDL & South Side Landfill Break Ground on RNG Plant in Indianapolis
Kinetrex Energy, EDL and South Side Landfill announced today that they have broken ground on a new renewable natural gas facility in Indianapolis. The $25 million plant will create 50 construction jobs and four full-time positions when operational.
The completed facility will convert landfill gas into approximately 8 million gallons of renewable natural gas each year, which it will then sell to Kinetrex Energy to be converted into liquefied natural gas. From there the liquified gas will be sold to Midwest transportation fleets.
By Merritt McLaughlin, Inside Indiana Business
California's Dairy Farmers on Their Way Toward Planet-Smart Goals
California dairy farmer Joey Airoso recently shared his story in a video produced by KCET. Airoso Dairy produces milk for butter and cheese, and now they’re also producing transportation fuel.
California’s dairy families are world leaders in planet-smart farming. As Time magazine put it, “California already has a Green New Deal,” and it includes the state’s family dairy farms. Through a collaborative effort, the state is working to demonstrate dairy’s important role in a low-carbon future—nourishing a growing population while ensuring the health of people and our planet. Dairy farmers are not only reducing their dependence on fossil fuels, but also working to reduce methane emissions to unprecedented levels. Great progress is being made to tackle the state’s ambitious dairy methane reduction goal.
By California Dairy Research Foundation
LAX Welcomes ‘Eco-friendly’ United Airlines Flight Powered by Biofuel
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles World Airports, the city agency that manages LAX, and United Airlines on Wednesday will welcome the arrival of “Flight for the Planet,” billed as the most “eco-friendly” commercial flight of its kind.
According to LAWA and the airline, the flight will use sustainable aviation biofuel and eliminate cabin waste while also being carbon-neutral.
By Los Angeles Daily News
How California Dairies Are Supporting Clean Transportation Goals
As California is working toward ambitious climate goals, using funds from its cap-and-trade program, the state’s family dairy farms are also playing a notable role in this effort by helping to transform California’s transportation sector.
California’s Dairy Digester Research and Development Program (DDRDP) provides incentives for dairy farmers to build on-farm digesters which produce cost-effective and abundant renewable natural gas (RNG). A total of 64 grants for dairy digesters totaling $114 million have been awarded to date, with projects either operating or under construction. An additional 17 dairy digesters are currently operating in California. Through the DDRDP, an estimated total of 25.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent will be reduced over the next 20 years.
By Michael Boccadoro, ACT News
It is Time to Protect California’s Energy Diversity
The benefits of diversity are seemingly everywhere in California. We celebrate different lifestyles, religions, cultures, music, languages, cuisine and geography. The value of diversity can be seen in other ways, too, practical ones such as the popularity of mutual fund investments, eating a balanced diet or making sure an NFL team has a playbook with multiple options.
Everywhere one looks, we see the value of diversifying. If all your eggs are in one basket, you are more vulnerable should something happen to your basket. Diversifying makes obvious sense.
By Andrew Sarega, Los Angeles Daily News
Renewable Natural Gas: A sound Option to Fight Organic Waste
Let’s play a game: what would you do with 25 million tons of organic waste annually?
Here are a few tidbits to spark your imagination: Organic waste includes food and green waste, landscaping and pruning waste, lumber, fiber, sewage and sludges.
The Puente Hills Landfill in Los Angeles is the largest landfill in the United States (rising 500 feet high and covering 700 acres) and it has a capacity of 700 million tons. However, there is one caveat for this exercise that I forgot to mention — none of the organic waste can go to a landfill.
By Nina Kapoor, Capitol Weekly
Greenlane Renewables Commences Trading on TSX Venture Exchange
Greenlane Renewables Inc. (“Greenlane” or the “Company”) (TSXV: GRN) today announced the commencement of trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “GRN”. Greenlane has successfully completed its spinout from Pressure Technologies plc (LSE:PRES) and its concurrent financing, raising approximately $8.4 million, exceeding the minimum target of $6 million by 40 percent.
Headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia, Greenlane is an established technology leader and trusted industry partner for upgrading low-energy biogas to pipeline and vehicle grade renewable natural gas (“RNG”). With over 30 years of RNG experience, the Company is perfectly positioned to participate in the rapid expansion of RNG opportunities around the world. As a competitive advantage, Greenlane is the only biogas upgrading company offering the three main technologies: Water Wash, Pressure Swing Adsorption, and Membrane Separation.
By Business Wire
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