The Mid-Atlantic Nitrogen Oxide Reduction (MANOR) project will impact fleet vehicles that traverse major interstates linking along some of the nation’s most heavily traveled goods-movement truck routes; and operate within cities in the Region 3 states of Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Maryland. It is anticipated that this project will save over 468,423 gallons of diesel fuel per year and reduce existing emissions by approximately 35%. This project will ...
VCC at JMU Hiring for TWO Team Roles
Virginia Clean Cities, based in Harrisonburg Virginia, is reaching out to identify candidates for two career positions with the organization. Please respond soon as the search closes on Sept 24, 2020.
VCC is hiring for a Program Coordinator! This is a critical role for the Coalition, and Coordinators engage a range of projects and stakeholder opportunities. This is a career ...
Continue Reading →VCC Recognized in Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards
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EPA Introduces the new Electrification Tool Finder
Tools and Resources to Help Measure Electrification Impacts—Find Your Tool
Looking for tools and resources to help measure the emissions, energy, and economic impacts of your current and future electrification initiatives? Our new tool finder, Tools and Resources to Help Measure Electrification Impacts – Find Your Tool, allows you to navigate the many freely-available tools and resources for measuring impacts of electrification initiatives at both the government operations and community-wide scales.
After you enter a few criteria about what you need, you’ll receive ...
Continue Reading → Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards
The 2020 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards honor innovative projects that protect and enhance Virginia’s environment. Join us on Aug. 21 at 1:30 p.m. for a virtual ceremony awarding this year’s winners with a special welcome from Governor of Virginia Ralph Northam! The awards are hosted by Virginia DEQ and Virginia DCR. Register here.Lower Emissions with Clean Fuels – EV
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has been producing clear, credible analysis of EV emissions for years, and earlier this year they updated their numbers. Using newly released 2018 data the headline for these technologies keep getting much clearer: Are Electric Vehicles Really Better for the Climate? Yes. Here’s why. Here’s the key takeaway: Driving the average EV produces no tailpipe pollution, and CO2 pollution produced in power production is equal to a gasoline vehicle that ...
Continue Reading →VCC Stakeholders Join Forces to Expand Fast Charging Network
Virginia Clean Cities (VCC) stakeholder EVgo is tripling the size of its public fast charging network over the next five years – adding more than 2,700 public fast chargers in 40 metro areas through a partnership with General Motors (GM) to make it even easier to go electric.
EVgo is committed to expediting mass adoption of electric vehicles in the US by creating a convenient, reliable, and ...
Continue Reading →The 2020 Fuel Economy Guide is Now Available!
The 2020 Fuel Economy Guide provides detailed fuel economy estimates for MY 2020 light-duty vehicles, along with estimated annual fuel costs and other information for prospective car buyers. The electronic version of the Guide is available online at https://fueleconomy.gov/feg/pdfs/guides/FEG2020.pdf
Continue Reading →CARB Makes Bold Move Toward Zero Emissions
By Todd Mouw, president of ROUSH CleanTech
In June, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) unanimously approved the Advanced Clean Truck Regulation. This bold step will accelerate California’s transition to zero-emissions in all commercial fleet sectors. It’s a historic and ambitious goal, and achieving it will be challenging.
The Advanced Clean Truck Regulation is a holistic approach to transition away from medium- and heavy-duty diesel vehicles to electric zero-emissions vehicles beginning in 2024.
The environmental goals are lofty. California faces challenging mandates to ...
Continue Reading →Case Study: Propane Infrastructure
Sharp Energy Ensures Success Through Clean Cities Connections
Clean Cities coalitions along the East Coast are working with Sharp Energy, a propane gas company, to ensure propane fueling stations have what stakeholders need.
Sharp Energy, a subsidiary of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, is based in Georgetown, Delaware. The company primarily serves the Mid-Atlantic region but is expanding across the country.
“Clean Cities support has been incredibly valuable. We have a great relationship with the Eastern Pennsylvania Alliance for Clean Transportation [EP-ACT], which has allowed ...
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