We are excited to share that the Green Operator truck replacement program has made it through its waitlist and is now accepting applications on a first-come / first-served basis! This program is administrated by Ecologix, the Port of Virginia and Virginia Clean Cities with a goal to reduce the amount of air pollution from drayage ...
Continue Reading →On April 29th, 2021, we hosted our inaugural Technology Happy Hour event with stakeholder Ingevity! The Technology Happy Hour is a bi-weekly series presented by Virginia Clean Cities aiming to connect individuals and fleets to technologies and provide a space for open discussion with technology providers.
During this session, Dr. Peter Barber and Erik Versen of Ingevity spoke about the company’s work pioneering renewable natural gas (RNG) and adsorbed natural gas (ANG) technologies as well as the services they offer.
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Dr. Keith Holland, Associate Vice Provost for Research & Innovation
First and foremost, congratulations to Dr. Holland for being appointed as JMU’s new Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation. Since joining R&S in 2018, Dr. Holland has provided exemplary leadership in support of a number of university priorities. Examples include: interdisciplinary coordination to JMU’s academic institutes and centers (AICs) and helping to develop the Summer Student Research and Scholarship Program, ...
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The North Carolina Clean Technology Center is hosting a series of webinars aimed at improving fleets in a sustainable manner. All webinars are free and open to anyone interested in green fleets! Registration links are embedded in the webinar titles.
Best Practices of the Top Fleets of the 100 Best Fleets 2021
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On Monday, May 10, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) hosted its first public webinar on the Commonwealth’s Clean School Bus Program.
DEQ is now accepting applications for battery electric and propane school buses through the Clean School Bus Program. Through a competitive application process, DEQ will award $10 million in this round from the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust for State Beneficiaries to Virginia public schools to cover the price difference between a battery electric bus or a propane ...
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Virginia Clean Cities, based in Harrisonburg, Virginia, is reaching out to identify candidates for a career position with the organization. Please respond soon as the search closes on May 21, 2021.
VCC is hiring a Program Coordinator! This is a critical role for the Coalition, as Coordinators engage in a range of projects and stakeholders. If you are excited to work with clean transportation, electric vehicles and alternative fuels, apply today at https://joblink.jmu.edu/postings/8944.
The position is full time, ...
Continue Reading →Governor Ralph Northam today awarded more than $9.4 million through the first round of the Clean Air Communities Program to fund five government fleet electrification projects. To further advance the transition to clean vehicles, the Governor also announced a second round of $20 million to help electrify diesel and propane school buses across the Commonwealth.
The Clean Air Communities Program is administered by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and was established as part of the agency’s oversight of the Continue Reading →
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is now accepting applications for battery electric and propane school buses through the Clean School Bus Program. DEQ will award $20 million to Virginia public schools from the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust through two rounds of competitive application processes. The grants will fund the price difference between a battery electric bus or a propane bus and equivalent diesel bus, up to $265,000 per electric bus and associated charger and customer-side installation or up to ...
Continue Reading →We are proud to share that the Round Five designations for Alternative Fuels Corridors have been announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation! As of April 2021, I-81 between the Virginia-West Virginia border and the Virginia-Tennessee border and I-95 between the Virginia- Maryland border and Virginia-North Carolina border have been designated as EV Signage Ready.
“As Congress considers major investments in the nation’s infrastructure, it must take bold steps to address the climate emergency and continue to provide low-cost, reliable energy to American consumers. The current system of energy incentives is overly complex and far less effective than it should be, with more than 40 different energy tax incentives, including permanent subsidies for Big Oil. More than half are too short-term to effectively stimulate investments, while also providing different subsidies to different technologies with no ...
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