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PAGE 4 <br />WSUSTAINABILITY NEWSLETTER <br />City of Roseville Public Works & Engineering <br />Positive Climate News <br />Biden wants government to stop buying single -use plastics. The Biden <br />administration announced a commitment to phase out single -use plastics <br />across the federal government, from all food service operations, events, and <br />packaging by 2027, and all federal operations by 2035. <br />Immigrant farmers, solar company pioneer new methods at Big Lake <br />farm. One of only about 35 farming agrivoltaics efforts in the country, the <br />panels rotate throughout the day to maximize solar production and provide varying amounts <br />of shade to plants that don't grow as well in full sun. The site is a partnership between The <br />Food Group and US Solar, which provides plots for emerging farmers to lease. <br />A St. Paul, Minnesota Habitat for Humanity project will offer affordable housing <br />without fossil fuels. Construction is underway in St. Paul, Minnesota, on a major affordable <br />housing development that will combine solar, geothermal and all -electric appliances to create <br />one of the region's largest net -zero communities. <br />Study: Never mind degradation, batteries will outlast EVs in most cases. The biggest <br />concern over electrifying our transportation is how to deal With the batteries at the end of <br />their life, but a new study finds that an average electric vehicle battery only degrades by <br />about 1.8% per year —meaning EV batteries could last over 20 years. <br />Thank you from your Roseville Sustainability Team! <br />Ryan Johnson <br />Environmental Manager <br />651-792-7049 <br />Ryan.Johnson(cDcitvofroseville.com <br />a � <br />S®LSMART <br />Minnesota <br />GreenStep Cities <br />Noelle Bakken <br />Sustainability Specialist <br />651-792-7057 <br />Noelle. Bakke n(cDcitvofroseville.com <br />�L.ST OF <br />B3 BENGHMARKING <br />U.Y OI Roaenlle <br />Page 18 of 78 <br />