LOS ANGELES – EVgo, the nation’s largest public electric vehicle (EV) fast charging network, today announced that it has contracted for 100% renewable energy to power its customers, becoming the first EV charging network in the United States to do so. EVgo contracts with its energy suppliers and renewable energy certificate (REC) partners to ensure that each gigawatt-hour delivered on its fast charging network financially supports an operating renewable energy generator in the U.S. EVgo’s 100% renewables commitment was announced ...
Continue Reading →Five Virginia School Districts Receive EPA Awards for Cleaner School Buses
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded more than $9.3 million to replace 473 older diesel school buses across the country.
The funds are going to 145 school bus fleets in 43 states or territories, each of which will receive rebates through the EPA’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) funding. The new buses will reduce pollutants that are linked to health problems such as asthma and lung damage, the agency says.
Eligible replacement buses, which must be certified to the EPA’s ...
Continue Reading →Clean Vehicles Can Save Rural Drivers The Most
By Daniel Gatti
Gatti is Policy Analyst for the Clean Vehicles Program with the Union of Concerned Scientists.
As the only southern state participating in the 12-state Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), Virginia made a bold policy commitment in December to implement a carbon pricing plan by the end of 2019 that will help fund investments in regional clean transportation strategies. While this may seem like an ambitious timeline to some, finding solutions to curb the growing air pollution ...
Virginia becomes first southern state to cap carbon under Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Despite state budget language that remains in place and could cripple the program, the State Air Pollution Control Board approved a new carbon rule Friday that links Virginia to a network of carbon-trading states.
“We have full authority to move forward at this point,” said David Paylor, director of the Department of Environmental Quality. “The governor is considering all options.”
Gov. Ralph Northam has until May 3 to veto ...
Continue Reading →Rising biodiesel prices in Virginia result in increased waste grease theft
By Justin Jouvenal
April 18
The heist began with a thief backing up a large, white box truck behind a Fairfax County mall around 3:30 a.m. one day in early April, according to a search warrant. The man was not looking for cash or electronics, but something stranger: used cooking grease.
He siphoned about 150 gallons of the stinking, viscous liquid from a dumpster behind a Burger King, before a police officer patrolling Annandale Shopping Center arrested him, according to the search ...
Continue Reading →Ultra-low NOx Engine Aligns with California’s Climate Goals
By: Todd Mouw, President
California’s drive toward carbon neutrality is a hot button topic in the state. Last fall, former Governor Jerry Brown unveiled an ambitious climate goal to put California on the path to be carbon neutral, including transportation. The Executive Order lists one specific way is by “Supporting clean transportation to reduce petroleum use 45 percent by 2030.”
Propane autogas is a “shovel ready” solution. Now available in all states, it answers both the economic and environmental sustainability goals ...
Continue Reading →Alliance AutoGas to Showcase New & Proven Technologies at the NPGA Southeastern Convention
April 8th, 2019 – Swannanoa, NC – Attendees of the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) Southeastern Convention, April 13th – 15th in Atlanta, GA, can visit booth #122 in the Autogas Pavilion to experience a wide variety of products that Alliance AutoGas has to offer propane industry fleets interested in converting their vehicles to use their own fuel.
There will be two autogas vehicles in the booth: a 2019 Ford F150 and a 2019 Chevy Silverado 1500. ...
Continue Reading →Webinar on Collaborative Strategies to Secure Funding for Clean Fuel, Vehicle, and Infrastructure Projects
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U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $85 Million Funding Opportunity for Technologically Advanced Transit Buses
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the opportunity for eligible applicants to apply for up to $85 million in competitive grant funds through FTA’s Low or No Emission (Low-No) Bus Program. The Low-No Program helps project sponsors purchase or lease low or no emission vehicles that use advanced technologies for transit revenue operations, including related equipment or facilities.
“U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao and the U.S. Department of Transportation are committed to improving ...
Continue Reading →Argonne Launches Online Tool for Alt-Fuel Decision-Making
Posted by Betsy Lillian -February 25, 2019
Argonne National Laboratory’s AFLEET Tool (Alternative Fuel Life-Cycle Environmental and Economic Transportation) is now available in an online version.
Argonne – which is managed by UChicago Argonne LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science – says the resource is a free, publicly available, spreadsheet-based tool that calculates and compares the costs and environmental benefits of a broad range of alternative fuels and vehicle technologies. It also accommodates all vehicle types, from ...
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