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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Electric Bus manufacturer BYD’s overseas plant, which is mass-producing sanitary face masks, is now running at capacity. The plant can produce 5 million masks and 300,000 bottles of disinfectant per day. BYD is growing its efforts to help alleviate severe shortages that have affected hospitals ozpills in the face of the COVID-19 global outbreak.

Generation 180 new “Going Electric” pledge comes with a fun video of UVA basketball greats and sports announcers racing in their traditional gas vs. electric cars. Who will win? Find out here. If the video isn’t your cup of tea you can follow the link to take the pledge and automatically be entered to win a pair of courtside tickets to a UVA men’s basketball home game next season.

Telework means working at any alternative location other than your central worksite. A telework program gives selected employees and managers the option of working off-site on a full-time, part-time, or even temporary basis. Staff may choose to work from home offices, telework centers, or satellite offices. How formal or informal your telework arrangement is depends on your company and employee needs. Some teleworking arrangements require nothing more than a phone line, while others involve a full home office setup. How ...

Update on Legislation that Supports Alternative Fuels in the 2020 General Assembly

HB 717 – Electric vehicle rebate program working group. (Del. Reid) – Passed House and Senate. Amended to establish a working group to determine the feasibility of an electric vehicle rebate program.

HB 577 – State Pollution Control Board; implementation of low emissions vehicle program. (Del. Keam) – Failed House Appropriations committee.

This bill increases the availability of AFVs by joining 13 other CARB states in requiring auto manufacturers to offer ...