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

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Nonprofit organizations may apply if they provide pollution reduction or educational services to diesel fleet owners or promote air quality and clean transportation. Region 2 (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, U.S. Applicants may apply until 16 March 2021.

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

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Nonprofit organizations may apply if they provide pollution reduction or educational services to diesel fleet owners or have, as their principal purpose, the promotion of transportation or air quality. Region 2 (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, U.S.

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

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Nonprofit organizations may apply if they provide pollution reduction or educational services to diesel fleet owners or have, as their principal purpose, the promotion of transportation or air quality. Region 2 (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, U.S.

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

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San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District is replacing 48 trucks model year 1991-2003 with trucks powered by 2013 or newer model year engines. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. New Jersey and New York. The full list of projects selected for 2014 DERA funds: California.

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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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Selected projects, by size of award, are: State of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program. The project will result in expanded availability of alternative fuels with 17 new CNG and E85 fueling stations and 63 electric vehicle charging stations. Total DOE award: $14,999,658. Total DOE award: $5,924,190.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. INTRODUCTION. In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions. Midwestern Accord covers six U.S.

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