Statement from Virginia Clean Cities: “Virginia Clean Cities and many of our stakeholders appreciate the Governor’s veto of HB2269” Said Alleyn Harned, Executive Director at Virginia Clean Cities “Virginia has a great opportunity to reduce pollution and improve our economy by collaborating with regional programs”

Press release from the Governor is below:

RICHMOND March 14 —Governor Northam today vetoed House Bill 2269, which would prohibit the Commonwealth from entering into a regional program to reduce carbon dioxide air pollution from vehicles and ...

Introducing AFLEET Online, the newly launched web-based version of the Alternative Fuel Life-Cycle Environmental and Economic Transportation (AFLEET) tool! This user-friendly version of the tool offers the option to calculate emissions of 18 fuels/vehicle technologies. You’ll also find a simple payback calculator that compares the purchase and annual operating costs of a new alternative fuel or advanced vehicle ...

Department of Energy Announces $50 Million for Commercial Truck, Off-road Vehicle, and Gaseous Fuels Research
MARCH 1, 2019

Home » Department of Energy Announces $50 Million for Commercial Truck, Off-road Vehicle, and Gaseous Fuels Research
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $51.5 million for new and innovative research of technologies for trucks, off-road vehicles, and the fuels that power them. Funded through the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable ...

Guest Article submitted by Jessica Johnson: For more information, please contact Jessica Johnson at jcjohnson@allianceautogas.com.

Alliance AutoGas, the large U.S. network providing a complete propane autogas solution to fleets interested in converting to alternative fuels, released a record number of new technologies to the autogas industry in 2018. A showcase of this technology, including a previously unreleased vehicle system in ...

RFA Releases Three Videos Aimed at Educating Consumers
9/21/2019:

WASHINGTON Feb 6 2918 — A new study released today finds that the expanded Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) has been a tremendous success in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with nearly 600 million metric tons of GHG reduction since 2007. Actual GHG reductions under the RFS2 have far surpassed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) original expectations of 422 million metric tons, according to the study. The analysis was conducted by Life Cycle Associates, a California-based scientific consulting firm, and ...

Midway through this General Assembly session a group of Virginia Clean Cities stakeholders gathered in Richmond this January 29th to discuss clean fuel priorities and to meet with legislators and governor’s office staff. The attendees gathered to break bread and connect over a breakfast reception, then explored a pre-production electric audi and traveled as teams with 6 groups and more than 60 ...

Clean Energy reported the City of Chesapeake, Virginia has pumped its millionth gallon of CNG into its city’s fleet vehicles. What began as six trucks running on Clean Energy’s natural gas fuel has grown to a fleet of 50 CNG solid waste trucks now in service.

The City of Chesapeake contracted with Clean Energy to design, build, and operate a public-access fast-fill CNG fueling station and upgrade an existing time-fill CNG ...