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PA Governor Wolf announces $8.5M from Volkswagen Settlement to reduce transportation pollution

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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that 34 cleaner energy transportation projects will receive $8,489,844 in Driving PA Forward grants and rebates. In this second set of awards, the following recipients will receive grants and rebates: Statewide. Multi-county. Allegheny County. Giant Eagle, Inc.: Bedford County. Bucks County.

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Tesla begins inviting 15,000 guests to ‘Cyber Rodeo’ at Gigafactory Texas

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The office granted the application, meaning it would then move on to Travis County’s Commissioners’ Court for final approval. “What if I moved to the neighborhood and said nothing to anyone for two years? “What if I moved to the neighborhood and said nothing to anyone for two years?

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

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The rule builds on progress achieved by the At-Berth Regulation adopted in 2007. An example would be purchasing zero-emission heavy-duty trucks for port use. These funds must be used for environmental projects that will benefit port-adjacent neighborhoods.

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FTA awarding $55M to 10 projects deploying battery-electric and fuel-cell buses

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The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has selected 10 projects that will receive a share of $55 million in competitive grants that will help put a new generation of zero-emission buses on the road. Grants from the LoNo program help transit agencies integrate more of these advanced buses into their fleets.

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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. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles. Last week, the Department of Energy also announced that.

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Meeting Residential and Workplace Growth Goals with EV Charging

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Additionally, the study revealed that neighborhoods with public EV chargers also experienced lower levels of particulate matter emissions by 1.3 – 2.2% Many municipalities are already incorporating EV charger installation requirements into their building codes to ensure that new buildings are equipped for the increasing number of EV drivers.

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Oregon Department of Transportation Issues RFP for Electric Vehicle Charging Station Equipment

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At the request of local entities and electric utilities throughout the state, ODOT is using its public/private partnership authority to establish consistent standards and uniformity in building an EV charging infrastructure for Oregon. ODOT is also pursuing grant opportunities to accelerate the state’s EV infrastructure initiative.

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