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

Green Car Congress

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $8 million to communities in 21 states and Puerto Rico to reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of diesel engines through the agency’s Diesel Emission Reduction Act ( DERA ) program. New Jersey and New York. Puerto Rico.

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U.S. funnels $623M to grow EV charging infrastructure

Teslarati

The grants will help build EV charging stations in 22 states and Puerto Rico, a U.S. There will be 47 projects in total and 7,500 new EV charging ports. The President has set a goal of installing half a million EV chargers across the U.S. The company outsold Subaru, BMW, and Volkswagen this year, grabbing 4.2