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Newsom Taps Climate ‘Architect’ to Lead California Air Board as Trump Fights Heat Up

The California Air Resources Board is getting a new leader at a pivotal moment, as it battles the Trump administration in court and contends with growing scrutiny from Democrats and voters questioning the price of the state’s climate principles.

Liane Randolph has chaired the board of the state’s top air and climate regulator since 2020. She oversaw a range of policies including landmark clean-car and truck rules, a fuel standard with implications for gas prices and the state’s signature carbon trading program, cap-and-trade. This week, Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated his senior climate advisor, Lauren Sanchez, to replace her.

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Ikea, Vanguard Renewables Team Up to Turn Food Waste into Renewable Energy

Ikea and sustainable waste management company Vanguard Renewables are partnering on a pilot program that converts food waste into clean resources such as renewable natural gas and low-carbon fertilizer for agricultural use, the companies announced Thursday.

The six-month pilot is backed by the furniture retailer’s U.S. division and has launched at five Ikea units in New Haven, Connecticut; Oak Creek, Wisconsin; Stoughton, Massachusetts; and Schaumburg and Bolingbrook in Illinois. Ikea said it plans to expand the program following the pilot.

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Food Waste is a Massive Problem That is Not Going Away

Every year tens of millions of tons of food waste goes to landfills where it decays and produces methane, a climate super pollutant.

In the U.S., most efforts to reduce methane emissions have focused on reducing the massive quantities released into the atmosphere by the fossil fuel industry (i.e. fossil methane). But methane from biological sources like organic waste (i.e. biogenic methane) have not received sufficient attention despite making up a surprisingly large portion of the methane problem. In New York, for example, decomposing organic waste generates nearly triple the methane emitted by the oil and gas industry (including pipelines). Methane comprises a full 39% of New York’s total GHG emissions. And organic wastes account for 34% of the state’s methane emissions. In California, methane generated from the organic waste portion of municipal solid waste (i.e. garbage) decomposing in landfills represents 20% of California’s methane-related climate impact.

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Pioneer Clean Fleet Solutions Launches as First Company Dedicated to Leasing Low-Carbon Heavy-Duty Commercial Vehicles

Pioneer Clean Fleet Solutions Inc. (“Pioneer CFS”) announced its official launch as the first commercial truck leasing company specializing exclusively in deploying low-carbon technology to heavy-duty fleets, with next-generation compressed natural gas (“CNG”) heavy-duty trucks as its first focus area. Through an integrated model that bundles vehicles with fueling, maintenance and advanced fleet management solutions, Pioneer provides fleets with an unrivaled path to achieve cost-per-mile savings and environmental benefits without sacrificing productivity.

“Fleets around the world are utilizing natural gas and renewable natural gas to help reduce operational costs and improve emissions” said CEO and Co-Founder Sam Gabbita. “Pioneer was built to eliminate the barriers to natural gas adoption in North America by delivering a turnkey leasing package that includes the trucks, the fuel, and the service support that is financially viable for the fleets.”

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Clean Energy Breaks Ground on Three Renewable Natural Gas Dairy Projects with Maas Energy Works

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) has announced it has broken ground on three renewable natural gas (RNG) production facilities under its development agreement with Maas Energy Works. These projects span six dairies located in South Dakota, Georgia, Florida and New Mexico, and are expected to produce approximately three million gallons of RNG annually once fully operational.

Capturing methane from a combined herd of 24,300 dairy cows, preventing harmful emissions from entering the atmosphere, the RNG produced will be used to power heavy-duty trucking, transit and vocational fleets nationwide – providing a reliable supply of negative-carbon fuel to Clean Energy’s network of over 600 stations. 

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