article thumbnail

EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

Green Car Congress

The grants will fund projects such as retrofitting older school buses to improve air quality for children riding to school, upgrading marine propulsion and agriculture engines, and replacing long haul truck engines. Louis Clean Cities is replacing six school busses. Massachusetts. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) Ventures, Inc.,

article thumbnail

Modeling study suggests 1.8M excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019

Green Car Congress

In the second study, researchers looked at NO 2 (nitrogen dioxide gas), an air pollutant mainly emitted by vehicles, powerplants, industrial manufacturing, and agriculture. The first study was funded by grants from NASA and the Wellcome Trust. This study also only assessed impact of PM 2.5

Pollution 468
article thumbnail

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. Total DOE award: $14,999,658.