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“Zero Now Fund” Powers Electric Trucks In Chicago, San Diego, & San Jose

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A bold new program is accelerating the transition to zero-emissions trucks.

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I-5 electric truck charging sites mapped out by electric utilities; West Coast Clean Transit Corridor

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Utilities should serve as trusted infrastructure providers that can be leveraged to collaborate across a broad range of industry stakeholders, educate customers, help standardize systems of charging equipment for trucks and ensure safe deployment of charging sites. HDR completed the study.

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CARB settles with American Honda Motor for $6.9M for violations of air quality regulations on small off-road engines

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In 2019, CARB testing revealed several small off-road engine (SORE) products did not meet CARB evaporative emission standards. These standards control the amount of raw fuel that is allowed to evaporate from these engines, which are typically used in lawn and garden equipment such as lawn mowers and pressure washers.

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Carnegie study finds climate impact of particulates varies greatly depending on where the pollution originated

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Error bars in b capture the standard error. million National Science Foundation project with collaborators at UC San Diego and Stanford University that looks at the combined climate, health, and decision-making dimensions of greenhouse gases in comparison to shorter-lived pollutants like aerosols. Persad and Caldeira.

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Food Express takes delivery of first 11 of 46 new ultra-low emission natural gas trucks

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Funding was received from the Prop 1B program administered by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District and the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Program (HVIP). The purchase of 46 new trucks represents about 50% of FXI’s California fleet.

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US EPA awards $9.6M in DERA grants to reduce harmful diesel emissions in California

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The funds will be used to retrofit and replace old, polluting diesel vehicles and equipment, including school buses, heavy-duty trucks, tractors and port equipment. Cajon Valley Union School District (CVUSD) in San Diego received $1,000,000 to replace five school buses with zero emission battery-electric buses.

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Study finds some improved cookstoves may emit more black carbon pollution than traditional mud cookstoves

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BC concentration varies significantly for repeated cooking cycles with same stove (standard deviation up to 50% of mean concentration) even in a standardized setup, highlighting inherent uncertainties in cookstove performance. Within the ND class, only microgasification stoves were effective in reducing BC.

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