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EPA announces $46M for latest Diesel Emissions Reduction Act funding

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Nonprofit organizations may apply if they provide pollution reduction or educational services to diesel fleet owners or promote air quality and clean transportation. Region 4 (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee) will accept applications requesting up to $2,000,000 in grant funds.

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EPA announces availability of $26M for projects to reduce diesel emissions from existing fleet

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $26 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from the US’ existing fleet of diesel engines. Grant funds may be used for clean diesel projects that use: EPA-verified retrofit technologies or certified engine configurations.

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PNNL study finds algal oil could replace 17% of US petroleum oil imports

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imported in 2008 for transportation fuels, and it could be grown on land roughly the size of South Carolina. Algae also digest nitrogen and phosphorous, which are common water pollutants. That means algae can also grow in—and clean— municipal waste water. That’s 17% of the petroleum that the U.S.

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