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Menstrual Health Day: We Must End Period Poverty, says AHF

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Mardi, mai 28, 2024
Men, AIDS, Health, Consumer, Healthcare Reform, Public Policy, Government, Advocacy Group Opinion, Teens, Children, General Health, White House, Federal Government, Women, State, Local, Partnership, Stigma, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Work, Poverty, AHF, Directory, MHD, Mental health, Menstruation, School, HIV/AIDS, Health education, Curriculum, Woman, Multimedia, STI, Birth control

This year, in partnership with The Period Abundance Foundation and with support from The Period Company (Period.

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  • This year, in partnership with The Period Abundance Foundation and with support from The Period Company (Period.
  • (Graphic: Business Wire)
    Observed annually on May 28, Menstrual Health Day raises awareness about the importance of menstrual health education and resources like Period.
  • For these reasons and more, on this Menstrual Health Day, we must do all we can to end period poverty worldwide.”
    An estimated 1.8 billion people menstruate globally, yet 500 million will experience period poverty—including the lack of access to menstrual health products, safe and clean facilities, and accepting communities.
  • This Menstrual Health Day – let’s end period poverty and end the stigma.

WattEV to expand fleet of heavy-duty electric trucks to more than 180

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Mercredi, mai 22, 2024
ACT, Las Vegas Convention Center, Interstate Highway System, MHD, Mobility as a service, MCS, Interstate 5, Watt, Original equipment manufacturer, Interstate 10, Propane

The increase comes on the heels of WattEV’s expansion of its charging depots to five locations within the past month.

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  • The increase comes on the heels of WattEV’s expansion of its charging depots to five locations within the past month.
  • “We’ve been using and testing trucks in our fleet from all the major OEMs,” said WattEV CEO Salim Youssefzadeh, adding that WattEV will be taking delivery of the first new batch of 53 zero-emission trucks in June from TEC Equipment, the dealer for Volvo’s VNR Electric.
  • Our delivery to WattEV – along with over 200 electric trucks delivered to prominent fleets across the West Coast – places us among the top suppliers in the rapidly expanding California market.”
    Once its fleet is expanded to 89 trucks, WattEV will take delivery of an additional 100 trucks under order from different OEMs, bringing its total fleet capacity to 189 Class 8 battery-electric trucks, which would make it the largest deployment among current electric commercial fleet operators.
  • “Reducing the charge time to less than 30 minutes for a 300-mile range will be a game-changer in the adoption of electric trucks.

WattEV opens world’s largest solar-powered truck charging depot, fourth station to open in one year

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Mardi, mai 7, 2024
Interstate Highway System, Public, MCS, San Joaquin Valley, Vehicle, Particulates, CA-99, Interstate 10, Insurance, Ozone, BESS, Interstate 5, CCS, California State Route 119, Food, NOx, Port, MHD, Atmosphere, Mobility as a service, Air pollution, Transport

The WattEV Bakersfield depot will connect the San Joaquin Valley’s vast agricultural sector and growing warehousing complexes to California’s seaports and inland destinations.

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  • The WattEV Bakersfield depot will connect the San Joaquin Valley’s vast agricultural sector and growing warehousing complexes to California’s seaports and inland destinations.
  • This is the world’s first electric truck stop featuring a solar-powered microgrid with a battery energy storage system (BESS), and is capable of megawatt rapid charging (MCS).
  • Significantly, the MCS chargers will bring down truck charging “dwell time” from hours to less than 30 minutes, said WattEV CEO Salim Youssefzadeh.
  • WattEV has spent the past three years building out the first freight corridors in the nation for public-access, MHD electric vehicle charging.

AEON Biopharma Announces Clinical Update and Productive End-of-Phase 2 Meeting with FDA on ABP-450 (prabotulinumtoxinA) for the Preventive Treatment of Migraine

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Mardi, mars 19, 2024
AEON, MMD, Patent, Caregiver, Headache, Migraine, Patient, Injection, Safety, AB toxin, Phase II, FDA, Food, MHD, Pharmaceutical industry

IRVINE, Calif., March 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AEON Biopharma, Inc. (“AEON” or the “Company”) (NYSE: AEON, AEON WS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a proprietary botulinum toxin complex for the treatment of multiple debilitating medical conditions, today announced a productive end-of-Phase 2 (EOP2) meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) following the Phase 2 data in episodic migraine previously released in October 2023, that supports advancing ABP-450 (prabotulinumtoxinA) injection into the proposed pivotal Phase 3 program. As part of the updated development plan, the Company will now conduct an interim analysis of the ongoing Phase 2 study of ABP-450 for the preventive treatment of chronic migraine and anticipates releasing the data in the second quarter of 2024.

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  • Patients have at least a one-year history of migraine (with or without aura) according to the ICHD-3 (2018) definition and diagnostic criteria.
  • All patients will receive two treatment cycles 12 weeks apart utilizing the Company’s patented treatment paradigm (U.S. Patent No.
  • 11,826,405) involving fewer injections than the current botulinum toxin treatment option for migraine.
  • The interim analysis will include approximately 100 chronic migraine patients in each of the three arms that have completed the two 12-week treatment cycles.

EV Realty lauds Biden-Harris Administration’s vision for accelerating sustainable and scalable deployment of Zero Emission Vehicle freight hubs

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Mercredi, mars 13, 2024
EV, Power, SAN, Transport, MHD

SAN FRANCISCO, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EV Realty , Inc. (“EV Realty”), an EV infrastructure development platform powering commercial fleets, today announced its support for the Biden-Harris Administration’s leadership and vision in its National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy .

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EV Realty , Inc. (“EV Realty”), an EV infrastructure development platform powering commercial fleets, today announced its support for the Biden-Harris Administration’s leadership and vision in its National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy .
  • EV Realty is developing a network of Powered Properties™, high-powered charging hubs for medium and heavy-duty commercial fleet electric vehicles, across California and other strategic U.S. logistics markets, most of which are in Phase 1 priority locations as identified by the Administration’s plan.
  • “Despite making up just 5% of vehicles on the road, medium and heavy-duty trucks produce almost 25% of transportation emissions in the U.S., and so much of that is concentrated in a dozen or so major freight and logistics hubs across the country,” said Patrick Sullivan, CEO of EV Realty.
  • “The National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy is thoughtful in its approach to sequence MHD ZEV charging infrastructure priorities with a near-term focus on hubs that align with local and regional, return to home base trucks that will electrify first.”

Fueling the Future: Innovations in Charging Infrastructure for Next-Gen Trucks, Reports IDTechEx

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Lundi, février 26, 2024
CHAdeMO, EV, TCO, OEM, MHD, Electricity, Research, Original equipment manufacturer, Carbon, LFP, Greenhouse gas, CATL, Western world, As a service, MCS, Kilowatt-hour, GHG, Depreciation, AC, Rail transport

Most commercial vehicle charging today is limited to between 150 and 350 kW.

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  • Most commercial vehicle charging today is limited to between 150 and 350 kW.
  • IDTechEx research finds that the megawatt charging system (MCS) presents opportunities and challenges of moving to much faster charging speeds, but predict that it will become the exclusive commercial vehicle charging standard.
  • It includes analysis of private depot AC charging, MW public charging, battery swapping, and dynamic wireless charging.
  • It considers different duty cycles across various logistics scenarios and presents optimum charging technologies best suited for each case.

Fueling the Future: Innovations in Charging Infrastructure for Next-Gen Trucks, Reports IDTechEx

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Lundi, février 26, 2024
CHAdeMO, EV, TCO, OEM, MHD, Electricity, Research, Original equipment manufacturer, Carbon, LFP, Greenhouse gas, CATL, Western world, As a service, MCS, Kilowatt-hour, GHG, Depreciation, AC, Rail transport

Most commercial vehicle charging today is limited to between 150 and 350 kW.

Key Points: 
  • Most commercial vehicle charging today is limited to between 150 and 350 kW.
  • IDTechEx research finds that the megawatt charging system (MCS) presents opportunities and challenges of moving to much faster charging speeds, but predict that it will become the exclusive commercial vehicle charging standard.
  • It includes analysis of private depot AC charging, MW public charging, battery swapping, and dynamic wireless charging.
  • It considers different duty cycles across various logistics scenarios and presents optimum charging technologies best suited for each case.

Guidehouse Insights Explores Impact of Decarbonization on Medium and Heavy Duty Truck Value Chain

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Jeudi, février 8, 2024
Original equipment manufacturer, Automation, ICE, Head, Organization, Medium, MHD

BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from Guidehouse Insights looks at the impact of cost and revenue changes brought about by decarbonization and electrification on the medium and heavy duty (MHD) truck value chain.

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  • Decarbonizing and electrifying the medium and heavy duty trucking industry will create significant revenue shortfalls; A coherent plan for the transition to electrification is a strategic priority
    BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from Guidehouse Insights looks at the impact of cost and revenue changes brought about by decarbonization and electrification on the medium and heavy duty (MHD) truck value chain.
  • Moving away from the internal combustion engine (ICE) is the biggest change that the truck manufacturing industry will likely ever experience.
  • According to Guidehouse Insights, to protect their retail and service networks, OEMs need to develop strategic plans to mitigate revenue losses from the current aftermarket business.
  • The report, Decarbonization Means Drastic Changes for the Medium and Heavy Duty Truck Value Chain , assesses the impact of decarbonization and electrification on the medium and heavy duty (MHD) truck value chain for three specific stakeholder groups—OEMs, truck fleets, and dealers—and considers the viability of the current industry business model moving forward.

Certain BlackRock Municipal Closed-End Funds Announce Variable Rate Muni Term Preferred Shares Actions

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Jeudi, novembre 2, 2023
Banking, Professional Services, Finance, MHD, MQT, NYSE, MVT, BlackRock, BFK, MUE, BYM, Fund, Security (finance)

BlackRock Advisors, LLC today announced BlackRock Municipal Income Trust (NYSE: BFK), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BKN), BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II (NYSE: BLE), BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust (NYSE: BYM), BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund , Inc. (NYSE: MHD), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (NYSE: MQT), BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc. (NYSE: MUE), BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MVF), and BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc. (NYSE: MVT) (collectively, the “Funds”) intend to redeem a portion of their outstanding Series W-7 Variable Rate Muni Term Preferred Shares (“VMTP Shares”) on or about November 24, 2023, at a redemption price equal to the liquidation preference of $100,000 per share, together with accumulated and unpaid dividends through the day prior to the redemption date.

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  • BlackRock Advisors, LLC today announced BlackRock Municipal Income Trust (NYSE: BFK), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BKN), BlackRock Municipal Income Trust II (NYSE: BLE), BlackRock Municipal Income Quality Trust (NYSE: BYM), BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund , Inc. (NYSE: MHD), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II, Inc. (NYSE: MQT), BlackRock MuniHoldings Quality Fund II, Inc. (NYSE: MUE), BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MVF), and BlackRock MuniVest Fund II, Inc. (NYSE: MVT) (collectively, the “Funds”) intend to redeem a portion of their outstanding Series W-7 Variable Rate Muni Term Preferred Shares (“VMTP Shares”) on or about November 24, 2023, at a redemption price equal to the liquidation preference of $100,000 per share, together with accumulated and unpaid dividends through the day prior to the redemption date.
  • Shareholders are expected to benefit from lower expenses as a result of the redemptions.
  • For more details on each Fund and its VMTP Shares see below:

CALSTART Begins Work on Plan for Zero-Emission Corridor Along Eastern Seaboard

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Lundi, octobre 16, 2023
ZEV, Arizona State Route 95, Health, ZEVS, Government, Organization, Transport, China Power Clean Energy Development, Primary energy, MHD, NREL, DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Grid plc, Clean Cities Coalition Network, Franey, National Grid, Atmosphere, Rail transport, Renewable energy, Momentum, Atlantic Ocean, I-95

NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CALSTART, a mission-oriented industry nonprofit organization, announced today the launch of a groundbreaking project to guide investment in commercial medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure along I-95, one of the nation's most heavily traveled freight routes. The East Coast Commercial ZEV Corridor project will incorporate input from fleet operators, the charging and fueling industry, utilities and communities to determine the most equitable and efficient path forward to support MHD ZEV deployment.

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  • Funded by a $1.2M grant from the Department of Energy, the two-year initiative will define the locations, contributors, and processes that will result in an unprecedented, advanced technology, zero-emission freight corridor up and down the Eastern seaboard.
  • CALSTART has worked for decades with government, vehicle and infrastructure manufacturers, and fleets to put into place revolutionary clean-air regulations and to create the clean transportation industry necessary to meet them.
  • CALSTART will perform their study with support from Momentum, TETC/I-95 Corridor Coalition, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Georgetown Climate Center, and Clean Cities Coalitions from each state along the corridor.
  • This roadmap will inform efforts by states, utilities, and the industry leaders to create a seamless truck charging network across the region."