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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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Tesla Semi Pepsico fleet ready to take on the road

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PepsiCo stated that its Tesla Semi fleet was made possible through a grant by Sacramento’s air quality district. Public documents showed that the global beverage company submitted to install 8 Megacharger stalls at its facility in Fresno, California.

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Aemetis harvests demo crop of optimized biomass sorghum in California for advanced biofuels; ~90 days from planting to harvest

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The 20-acre demonstration crop of biomass sorghum was planted, grown, and harvested by Aemetis in approximately 90 days, validating the potential use of biomass crops for the production of lower-carbon, advanced biofuels or as a rotational crop in California.

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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. Nitrogen-based fertilizers help California farmers produce more than 400 agricultural commodities—vegetables, fruits, meats and dairy products—worth $36 billion a year. University of California, Davis researchers will receive $2.8

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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.

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Fresno County unveils countywide solar-powered EV charging program using Envision Solar’s EV ARC

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FCRTA selected Envision Solar’s EV ARC product, which is the only rapidly deployable, transportable solar powered EV charger available while simultaneously being the only renewably energized EV charging solution which provides both EV charging and emergency power during a grid failure. The FCRTA funding was provided, in part, by Caltrans.

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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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microns—less than a human hair which averages 70 microns in diameter—is the product of a variety of sources including particles in the exhaust of diesel engines. Additionally, up to $140 million annually is available through the Carl Moyer grants which are designated for early or extra emission reductions.

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