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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. Virgin Islands) will accept applications requesting up to $2,500,000 in grant funds. 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. Virgin Islands) will accept proposals requesting up to $2,500,000 in grant funds. 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. Virgin Islands): EPA is requesting proposals between $500,000 and $1,800,000. Region 2 (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, U.S.

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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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The Commonwealth’s Clean Energy Biofuels Act, signed in July 2008, also required Massachusetts to seek an agreement with its fellow RGGI member states to implement a LCFS on a regional basis.

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

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We were invited out to Hasbro corporate headquarters in Rhode Island to give a presentation to the engineering team about what we could do. Ted Larson at Hasbro HQ in Rhode Island. At this point it was 2008, and AMPbot was scheduled for release in early 2009, but that was not to be.

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CMU/DAI study finds shutting down US nuclear plants would have significant negative economic and environmental consequences

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Filter criteria include 3 levels of hurricane, earthquake, or tornado risks; the population of the surrounding county; the age of the reactor; and the politics of the state (Red or Blue) based on the 2008 Presidential election.

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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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