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US Government Providing $2M to Supplement $20M in California Funding to Reduce Emissions at Port of Oakland

Green Car Congress

The San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced a new $2 million federal grant to supplement the $20 million in state and local funds to install diesel exhaust filters and replace old trucks to reduce particulate emissions at the Port of Oakland.

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Tesla + Toyota

Revenge of the Electric Car

And even with the Tesla-Toyota announcement, Councilwoman Anu Natarajan said Saturday that the city will continue to use its $333,000 federal grant to study other potential uses for NUMMI and the adjacent land. “With the new BART station and Solyndra and the electric-car plant, we’re becoming a cluster of green tech. .

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