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EPA announces $46M for latest Diesel Emissions Reduction Act funding

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Diesel-powered engines move most of the nation’s freight tonnage, and today nearly all highway freight trucks, locomotives, and commercial marine vessels are powered by diesel engines. Virgin Islands) will accept applications requesting up to $2,500,000 in grant funds.

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EIA: California home to almost half of US plug-in electric vehicles

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Georgia offers a zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) tax credit of 20% of the cost, up to $5,000. ZEVs include vehicles powered by electricity or hydrogen fuel cells. The District of Columbia has a tax credit of 50% of the incremental cost of an EV, up to $19,000.

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EPA announces ~$44M in DERA funding to reduce emissions from diesel engines

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Applicants may request funding to upgrade or replace diesel-powered buses, trucks, marine engines, locomotives and nonroad equipment with newer, cleaner technologies. Region 3 (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia) will accept proposals requesting up to $2,500,000 in grant funds.

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EPA announces availability of $26M for projects to reduce diesel emissions from existing fleet

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Diesel-powered engines move approximately 90% of the nation’s freight tonnage, and today nearly all highway freight trucks, locomotives, and commercial marine vessels are powered by diesel engines. Virgin Islands): EPA is requesting proposals between $500,000 and $1,800,000.

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Gas War: 25 States Sue EPA Over Updated Emissions Regulations

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Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit last week. But the court sided with the Golden State, which is now seeing another waiver that would allow it to ban the sale of combustion-powered automobiles by 2035.& workforce, noting that most aspects of battery production presently take place outside the country.

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