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Pennsylvania DEP awards nearly $517,000 in clean diesel grants

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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) awarded $516,637 in clean diesel grants to four organizations. Recent monitoring indicates these counties’ particulate matter levels are meeting the standards, but continuous compliance must occur before EPA will grant an attainment designation.

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San Joaquin Valley receives $12.9M from CARB for clean trucks

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million in additional California Air Resources Board (CARB) funding to replace heavy-duty trucks through the Valley Air District’s grant program. The District’s successful truck incentive programs have repowered, retrofitted, or replaced more than 7,300 heavy-duty trucks with cleaner alternatives. standards.

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USDOT FTA announces $182M in Low-No grants for transit vehicles & facilities nationwide

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The project selections were approved as part of the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant program, which funds the deployment of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and supporting equipment and facilities. Each year, CTE staff advise transit agencies on effective strategies for developing Low-No grant applications.

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Transient Plasma Systems says advances are bringing plasma ignition technology closer to commercialization

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We feel confident that our technology is ready to usher in the benefits of lower emissions, and lead the industry’s push toward cleaner mobility. Results obtained from work performed under a recent DOE grant showed nearly 80% reduction in particulates from a 1.8 —Dan Singleton, CEO and co-founder of Transient Plasma Systems.

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Colorado approves goal to make 82% of car sales electric by 2032

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Coloradans want low- and zero-emissions vehicles because they help them get where they’re going while breathing cleaner air and saving money. Instead of prohibiting gas car sales, the state says it hopes to direct consumers toward some of its grants and other programs making EVs easier to access.

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Electric vehicle charging stations worth a complete of quite $1.7 million

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The Department of Environmental Quality is awarding 79 grants for the charging stations, using money from the state’s $19.8 Almost half the new buses are fueled by cleaner-burning propane or compressed natural gas; the others are cleaner-burning diesel engines. Electric vehicle charging stations worth a complete of quite $1.7

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News: All-Electric Semi-Trucks Making a Difference

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On their 100+ mile round trip, these trucks burn diesel fuel that damages the ozone, spews out noxious particulates that seek-out lungs and eyes along with oxides of nitrogen that help create smog, along with other nasty—and toxic—unpleasantness. How much cleaner could the air be if, instead of 50 trucks, it is 500, 1,000 or 10,000.