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CARB approves updated “At-Berth” regulation, expanding efforts to cut pollution from ships in California ports

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Once fully implemented, the updated regulation will deliver a 90% reduction in pollution from an expected additional 2,300 vessel visits per year, and result in a 55% reduction in potential cancer risk for communities near the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Richmond. Auto carriers will need to comply starting in 2025.

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California settles with cargo terminals over diesel engine exhaust

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Harris announced a settlement with cargo terminals at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles over diesel emissions from exhaust that requires the terminals to complete projects to reduce their diesel emissions and better notify the public of emissions. California Attorney General Kamala D. Eagle Marine Services, Ltd.; Trapac, Inc.;

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. New vehicles to be deployed include 55 CNG vehicles, 363 propane vehicles, 89 hybrid electric vehicles, and 56 neighborhood electric vehicles. Last week, the Department of Energy also announced that.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

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From the report: “The federal government and some states offer dedicated grant programs for BEVs and related infrastructure, but the funding currently available isn’t sufficient to support widescale market deployment. Meanwhile, participants in the LIGHTS Project expect to continue experimenting with electric trucks.

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A Well Earned, Guilt Free #YearOfJoe

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Ladies and gentlemen your friendly neighborhood Greenius has hit the wall. A year-long one. That’s when I also started doing radio commentaries for KLON FM-88 in Long Beach, then an NPR affiliate. I am dog tired. And I’m cranky – angry even – I’ve got no patience left. So I’m finally taking one.

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As the off-road vehicle market rushes to electrify, standards are lagging behind

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And then there’s interoperability and all those standards that we take for granted in the 12- and 24-volt world. The primary customers right now are the ports—Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles­—and the ports around the country are usually in urban environments. They don’t really exist in the 800-volt world. Garbage trucks.