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Three sustainable marine fuels showcased at Miami International Boat Show

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Neste MY Renewable Diesel: Reduces CO 2 emissions by up to 75% relative to conventional fossilā€based diesel fuel. Renewable diesel, such as Neste MY Renewable Diesel, is available on the West Coast of the US, meeting requirements of the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

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Production of 100th GILLIG battery-electric bus

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Louis, Missouri this month. More than 50 transit agencies have already purchased or have orders for the electric bus. Cummins and GILLIG announced the production of the 100 th GILLIG battery-electric bus built since the two companies began partnering on the heavy-duty transit vehicle. Earlier post.)

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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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Eligible projects include the purchase or lease of buses powered by modern, efficient technologies. The City and Borough of Juneau will receive funds to purchase new electric buses to replace aging diesel buses, associated charging infrastructure, and a back up generator. City and Borough of Juneau (Capital Transit).

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Why Schools Should Electrify Their Bus Fleets

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The transition away from gasoline and diesel vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) is going full throttle in the United States, and that includes the iconic yellow school bus. Roughly half a million school buses transport about 20 million students each school day in the United States, and nearly all those buses currently run on diesel.

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6.8M gallons in new contracts for Redeem renewable natural gas

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Ontario currently operates 88 CNG-powered vehicles, having recently purchased six new refuse trucks and the Cityā€™s first CNG-powered asphalt patch truck. The Kansas City region remains committed to displacing diesel fuel with cleaner-burning CNG. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. The City of Ontario, Calif.

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Clean Energy to build new CNG stations for multiple transit agencies and large school district; agreements with trucking, refuse and others

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to build a fast-fill CNG station at a new bus depot being constructed for ART, which will initially deploy 25 new CNG transit buses that are expected to consume 225,000 DGEs (diesel gallon equivalents) of CNG a year. less than gasoline or diesel, depending on local market conditions. Schlosser Co. Natural gas fuel costs up to $1.00

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Inflation Reduction Act ā€“ How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

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so-called ā€œclean hydrogen,ā€ including incentives for both its manufacture through less emissive processes (it has heretofore primarily been created using natural gas , which often comes from ā€œfrackingā€) and for the purchase of vehicles ā€“ not only passenger cars such as the Toyota Mirai but commercial trucks and vans. and a third).