Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, and the mayor of the District of Columbia announced that theirs will be the first jurisdictions to launch a new multi-state program that the principals expect will invest some $300 million per year in cleaner transportation choices.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2018

This proposed program, when combined with existing programs and complementary policies, will be designed to achieve substantial reductions in transportation sector emissions and provide net economic and social benefits for participating states. The work of TCI is facilitated by the Georgetown Climate Center.

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District of Columbia DC Transportation Rhode Island 262

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Trucks are increasingly a major contributor to air pollution nationwide, but especially in our cities where they are among the largest sources of toxic emissions in vulnerable neighborhoods. We need to design a regulatory program that gets to the heart of this problem.

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District of Columbia Rhode Island California Emissions 240

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2021

EPA is soliciting applications nationwide for projects that significantly reduce diesel emissions and exposure, especially from fleets operating at goods movements facilities in areas designated as having poor air quality. Virgin Islands) will accept applications requesting up to $2,500,000 in grant funds.

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EPA Diesel Puerto Rico Emissions 207

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Under this scenario, the estimated total health and climate change costs associated with passenger vehicle fleet pollution drops from to $37 billion annually to $15.7 Annual pollution-related impacts drop by more than 85% due to fewer lost work days caused by pollution-related illnesses, fewer asthma attacks and fewer premature deaths.

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Climate Cost Of Rhode Island Transportation 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

EPA is soliciting applications nationwide for projects that significantly reduce diesel emissions and exposure, especially from fleets operating at goods movements facilities in areas designated as having poor air quality. Virgin Islands) will accept proposals requesting up to $2,500,000 in grant funds.

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EPA Diesel Puerto Rico Emissions 170

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Many still-speculative small modular reactor designs might deliver just a few hundred megawatts. (In Depending on the design, these could be cooled with less water or even air, making them far more feasible fits for coal sites. But in the future, not all reactors might be so large.

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