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

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EPA is soliciting applications nationwide for projects that significantly reduce diesel emissions and exposure, especially from fleets operating at goods movements facilities in areas designated as having poor air quality. Region 2 (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, U.S. Background.

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EPA announces ~$44M in DERA funding to reduce emissions from diesel engines

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EPA is soliciting applications nationwide for projects that significantly reduce diesel emissions and exposure, especially from fleets operating at goods movements facilities in areas designated as having poor air quality. Region 2 (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, U.S. Background.

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

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EPA is soliciting proposals nationwide for projects that significantly reduce diesel emissions and exposure, especially from fleets operating in areas designated as having poor air quality. Region 2 (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, U.S. Under this competition, EPA anticipates awarding between 10 and 40 awards.

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Governors of 11 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States Agree to Work Together Toward Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fuels; Timeline for Developing a Potential Low Carbon Fuel Standard for Region

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This policy will allow the fuel industry flexibility to determine when and where new infrastructure can be introduced most efficiently, such as use of electric vehicles or additional supplies of liquid low carbon fuels.

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GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

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Splinter’s view, state portfolio standards — which have taken the lead since a national standard was cut from the 2007 energy bill — … States Will Continue to Drive Renewable Portfolios in 2008 Artificial Moore’s Law for Cleantech: Renewable Standards, by Steps : [.] Design by RareEdge Design Group.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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states are already actively participating in the design and implementation of three regional cap-and-trade programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It covers ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont).

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