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CARB approves first emissions reduction plans for three Southern California communities

Green Car Congress

The plans approved are for: Wilmington, Carson, West Long Beach. Some of the key strengths for the Wilmington, Carson, West Long Beach CERP are the rules for flaring and equipment used at refineries, fenceline monitoring at refineries and incentives for port-related equipment. Oil and gas operations. Urban sources.

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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. New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition’s New Jersey Compressed Natural Gas Refuse Trucks, Shuttle Buses and Infrastructure. Total DOE award: $14,999,658. Total DOE award: $14,997,240.

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The View From Here Today

Creative Greenius

Our neighborhood is called the “Hollywood Riviera&# because of its beautiful hillside homes with idyllic ocean views framed by palm trees. So not only is climate change-driven drought cutting our fresh water supply, but the way we use water here also adds to our greenhouse gas emissions. That’s about a 25% reduction.

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News: All-Electric Semi-Trucks Making a Difference

Clean Fleet Report

Key Steps to Cleaning Southern California’s Air Diesel Class 8 trucks run seemingly tail-to-nose from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to the Inland Empire in Southern California. For perspective, more than 22,000 trucks are registered to serve the ports of LA and Long Beach.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

The small number of operators who run mixed-fuel fleets (diesel and gasoline, or diesel and natural gas) will understand these tradeoffs better. When it comes to diesel fuel, the only significant variables are how far away it is and what it costs per gallon. The cost equation is trickier.

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As the off-road vehicle market rushes to electrify, standards are lagging behind

Charged EVs

There’s a new greenhouse gas requirement on large vehicles for 2027 engines, and California’s adopting that next year. The primary customers right now are the ports—Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles­—and the ports around the country are usually in urban environments. Garbage trucks.