EPA has refreshed and updated Local Action Framework: A Guide to Help Communities Achieve Energy and Environmental Goals. Local and tribal governments are doing the hard work of implementing energy and environmental programs on a community level: reducing air pollution, improving air quality, lowering energy costs, supporting local economic development, improving public health, and increasing energy system reliability. This guide is intended to help make that hard, complicated work a little easier.

The guide is designed to help local and tribal ...

Eligible customers can receive a $3,500 rebate on the 2019 Nissan LEAF.

Nissan North America has announced a rebate of $3,500 for the 2019 Nissan Leaf, the world’s best selling electric car. This $3,500 discount, combined with the $7,500 Federal tax credit can save $11,000 for Virginia residents.

For the 2020 Nissan LEAF eligible customers can receive a $3,000 rebate!

The Nissan Leaf has features including:

A 151 mile range
Eco Mode which “limits the motor’s output and conserves energy”
B Mode which further ...

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Originally posted by the Editorial Board of the Virginia Pilot 5/14/2020.

There’s good news for Hampton Roads in the American Lung Association’s 2020 “State of the Air” report. The area, for the sixth year in a row, is holding firm or improving air quality.

But the report also makes clear that this is no time to become complacent. There is still much to do to make things better and to guard against newer threats to clean air.

The report card analyses data ...

Plug In America (PIA) is offering our nationwide web-based PlugStar EV Specialist Basic Course to dealers at NO COST until June 15th. If a dealership chooses to participate, we hope this opportunity will help support sales teams and electric vehicle (EV) sales during this difficult time.

PIA, a nonprofit organization with the mission of advancing widespread adoption of electric cars, is committed to the health and safety of communities and dealerships nationwide. We understand the concern and uncertainty dealerships may be ...

PHILADELPHIA (April 24, 2020) – In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $780,000 today to replace 39 older diesel school buses in Virginia. The funds are among $11.5 million going to replace 580 older diesel school buses in 157 school bus fleets in 43 states and Puerto Rico, each of which will receive rebates through EPA’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) funding. The new buses will reduce pollutants that are linked ...

This is a call to action for all fleet to consider renewable low carbon sources of fuel. Click Here for more information on growing RNG use in transportation. Click Here for a shareable info graphic on decarbonizing transportation.

We should be capping methane sources and using them for fuel and RNG is 39% of NG while renewable fuels are only ~10% of gasoline / diesel. In the available information there are suggestions for how best to go about implementing ...

The U.S. EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) is pleased to inform its Partners and other interested stakeholders about a new LMOP resource related to landfill gas (LFG) collection systems. LMOP has developed two new chapters for the program’s LFG Energy Project Development Handbook (PDH): 

• Chapter 7. Best Practices for Landfill Gas Collection System Design and Installation provides information on site-specific factors that influence the design of a gas collection system and discusses a variety ...

The U.S. Senate has reached an agreement on a $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill, which contains $25 billion in emergency relief funds for transit operators.  Transit agencies can use the funding to cover lost revenue, costs to maintain service, expenses for increased cleaning of vehicles and facilities and paying administrative leave of operations personnel in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Below is a summary of other components of the bill:

• FTA must apportion the funds within ...

EV charging network EVgo is offering an incentive for critical workers.  If you know anyone who still needs to drive an EV for work in health care, grocery, food services, rideshare, delivery or are otherwise experiencing hardship due to COVID19, call EVgo to work with drivers on a special time-limited deep discount. Contact EVgo: (877) 494-3833 or support@evgo.com.

EVgo is working with DEQ Virginia on a statewide charger network powered entierly by renewable electricity.

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