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California to receive more than $236M to support transit agencies’ transition to zero-emission buses

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announced that 17 local governments and transit agencies will receive more than $236 million in grants from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to aid the transition to zero-emission buses. billion in new funding for Buses and Bus Facilities formula and competitive grants over five years. City of Fresno. 17,367,042.

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Cummins provides US Postal Service with 8 electric vans in California

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The pilot program, made possible by a grant from the California Air Resources Board to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD) and administered by CALSTART, will place the zero-emission vehicles in Fresno and Stockton.

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California ARB Report Finds Fine Particle Air Pollution Responsible for 9,000 Premature Deaths in State Each Year; Based on US EPA Peer-Reviewed Study

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Approximately 9,000 people in California are estimated to die prematurely each year as a result of exposure to fine particle pollution, according to a new report issued by the California Air Resources Board (ARB). Fine particle pollution, smaller than 2.5 A causal relationship indicates the highest level of scientific certainty.

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UC Davis Begins $2.8M Studies on Impacts of Escaped Nitrogen

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million in new grants to study the use and impacts of escaped nitrogen from agricultural production. Data on agricultural nitrogen pollution are limited, and some nitrogen pollution forms are difficult to monitor. The new Agricultural Sustainability Institute grants and objectives include: $1.5 Tom Tomich.

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EV state champion

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Hitting five targets at once Green Raiteros (“Raiteros” translating to “volunteer drivers”) is a reinvention of the informal, self-organized system that local farm workers have relied upon for decades to avoid the 6-hour round trip bus ride to and from appointments in Fresno. The biggest piece of the pollution pie comes from transportation.".

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San Joaquin Valley receives $12.9M from CARB for clean trucks

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million in additional California Air Resources Board (CARB) funding to replace heavy-duty trucks through the Valley Air District’s grant program. The San Joaquin Valley Air District Governing Board unanimously voted to accept $12.9

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