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Six trucking firms deploy ultra clean near-zero RNG trucks at Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles

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Six trucking firms operating in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are deploying trucks powered by Cummins Westport (CWI) near-zero ISX12N engines ( earlier post ), and fueled with Clean Energy Fuels Corp.’s The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach provided funding for two additional near-zero trucks.

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

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The 2018 DERA grants awarded to California will fund the following projects: California Air Resources Board (CARB) received $435,149 to replace 5 heavy-duty school buses with all-electric alternatives throughout California. The project will also replace one diesel sweeper at the Port of Los Angeles with two cleaner Tier 4 engines.

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CARB approves updated regulations requiring most new small off-road engines be zero emission by 2024

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Portable generators, including those in recreational vehicles, would be required to meet more stringent standards in 2024 and meet zero-emission standards starting in 2028. These emission standards of zero will apply to engines used in all equipment types produced for sale in California, except generators and large pressure washers.

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Big Blue Bus receives nearly $900K to purchase 58 new Cummins-Westport Near-Zero NOx engines

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g/bhp-hr optional Near Zero NO x Emissions standards. The recent procurement of both CNG buses and engines will help the agency reduce its current NO x emissions by more than 90% in 2018. Earlier post.). The new engines will be installed over a period of 3 to 4 years, at a rate of 12 to 18 buses per year.

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Study: consumer products overtake transportation as largest source of VOCs air pollution in cities

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Recent research suggests that adverse human health effects occur below current US standards for both PM 2.5 As transportation gets cleaner, those other sources become more and more important. Contributors to ambient air pollution in Los Angeles. (A McDonald et al. Click to enlarge. de Gouw, Stuart A. Goldstein, Robert A.

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California ARB receives VW’s 1st $200M, 30-month ZEV investment plan

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liter Partial Consent Decree to be spent by California on replacing older, dirtier heavy-duty vehicles and equipment with cleaner vehicles and equipment. Electrify America has identified 5 metropolitan areas for the cycle 1 investment (Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, and Sacramento). Green City.

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Large-scale study associates even brief exposure to PM2.5 with childhood lung infections

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concentrations above air quality standards. level is lower than places like Los Angeles and New York. Small industry and businesses such as gas stations and dry cleaners, as well as home heating, emit about 39% of all fine particulates. —Horne et al. Nearly 60% of US children live in counties with PM 2.5

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