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

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Since the first year of the DERA program in 2008, EPA has competitively awarded more than 790 grants and 420 rebates across the country. Nonprofit organizations may apply if they provide pollution reduction or educational services to diesel fleet owners or have, as their principal purpose, the promotion of transportation or air quality.

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

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Nonprofit organizations may apply if they provide pollution reduction or educational services to diesel fleet owners or have, as their principal purpose, the promotion of transportation or air quality. Since the first year of the DERA program in 2008, EPA has awarded nearly 700 grants across the US.

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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’s 17% of the petroleum that the U.S. That means algae can also grow in—and clean— municipal waste water.

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