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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--50LH's LA pilot shows when innovative products, appliances & fixtures simplify & help people enjoy everyday life, we can save time, money and water....

SANTA FE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spiritus, a climate technology company developing carbon-negative power generation and industrial-scale direct air capture systems, today announced two leadership appointments that deepen the company’s execution bench as it delivers firm, carbon-negative power infrastructure for AI data centers and other power-intensive customers. Kip Hensley has joined as Head of Project Development, and Dorian West has joined Spiritus’s Board of Directors. Demand for firm AI d...

WASHINGTON & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, American Forests and partners Speak for the Trees, Boston and PowerCorpsBOS of the City of Boston announced receipt of a $1.5 million, three-year implementation grant from Liberty Mutual Insurance to advance the Boston Green Jobs Solutions Map, a collaborative initiative connecting residents to green jobs while strengthening urban forestry and climate resilience efforts. The funding comes from Liberty Mutual Foundation’s Impact Driven Collaboration p...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, the world’s leading tech hub for the blue economy, today announced the appointment of businessman and philanthropist Jon Sutton Day to its Board of Trustees, effective March 31. A lifelong Angeleno, Day currently serves on the Board of Directors of the W.M. Keck Foundation, one of the nation’s largest philanthropic foundations supporting medical research, science and engineering, and educational programs. He is on the Foundation’...

LINCOLN, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This April, the Arbor Day Foundation is launching the Million Trees Project, assembling the world’s largest collection of personal tree stories as it plants 1 million new trees this spring season. “We’ve received thousands of photos and stories over the years of trees and the people who love them,” said Dan Lambe, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “From cherished oaks that shaded a childhood backyard to young saplings planted in honor of someone specia...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Google has signed an agreement with Commonwealth Sortation LLC, an affiliate of AMP Robotics Corporation (together, “AMP”), to remove 200,000 metric tonnes of CO2e by 2030, while also accelerating new pathways for the waste industry to tackle methane, a potent superpollutant. Turning Trash into Carbon Storage AMP uses AI-powered sortation technology to recover recyclable commodities and organic material from municipal solid waste (“MSW”). Instead of allowing organic was...

SANTA FE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NM-based Pluma Construction, ForeFront Power and Standard Solar, today announced an eight-project, 48.4 megawatt (MW) community solar portfolio across New Mexico that is expanding access to subscriber-based solar statewide. New Mexico’s Pluma Construction developed the projects with support from ForeFront Power. Standard Solar acquired the projects and will be the long-term owner and operator of the portfolio. Solstice is leading subscriptions and customer acqui...

GOTHENBURG, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Polestar (Nasdaq: PSNY) today announced a total of USD 300 million in equity investments by purchasers including Crédit Agricole CIB, Vida Finance S.A., Innovator Limited and Proximastar Holdings Company Limited. Concurrent with the purchase, these purchasers have each entered into a put option arrangement with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Geely Sweden Holdings AB, which provides the purchasers with an exit path, if needed, in three years with certain return...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Forests, the nation’s oldest conservation nonprofit, and REVERB, the music industry’s leading sustainability partner, today announced a new community tree planting event and partnership to help expand tree canopy in Austin as the city works to meet its goal of 50% tree canopy by 2050. This work was made possible with support from Billie Eilish and her fans through Eilish’s groundbreaking Changemaker Program and the Canadian folk band Wild Rivers. Alongsi...

GOTHENBURG, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Polestar (PSNY) continues to push the car industry towards greater climate transparency. Since 2020, the company has published full Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) for all its models, with publicly available assessments now covering every vehicle in its line-up, including the four-door GT Polestar 5. Understanding the emissions embedded in materials and manufacturing is a critical step in being able to work more actively to reduce the climate impact of the man...