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WIH Resource Group co-Hosts EPA’s 2008 Annual West Coast Collaborative Partnership Meeting
PHOENIX, AZ – October 14, 2008 – WIH Resource Group (WIH), announced today that it Co-Hosting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2008 Annual West Coast Collaborative (WCC) Partnership Meeting being held in Seattle, Washington on November 5th and 6th, 2008.WIH Resource Group is pleased to be a Co-Host with the West Coast Collaborative and the EPA for this important meeting. Senior ...
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Region 7 administrator Karl Brooks to recognize diesel emission reductions in Johnson County, Kansas
EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks will recognize efforts made to reduce diesel emissions in Johnson County, Kan. EPA granted $1 million to Johnson County, Kan., as a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to upgrade or replace old diesel vehicles. Diesel emission reduction programs are designed to purchase cleaner diesel equipment and upgrade diesel vehicle fleets to improve air ...
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EPA to Recognize Center for Transportation and the Environment and Delta Airlines for Grant Project Completion
On Monday, May 13, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will recognize the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) and Delta Airlines for the successful completion of their Diesel Emissions Reduction Act Grant project. WHO: Beverly Banister, EPA Regional Air, Pesticides, and Toxics Management Division Director Dan Raudebaugh, Executive Director, Center for ...
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EPA Announces Availability of Clean Diesel Grants for Communities Across the Country
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of $13.5 million in grant funding to help governments and nonprofit organizations switch to cleaner diesel engines. Local governments, tribal agencies and nonprofits can win grants up to $2.14 million each. Eligible applicants include regional, state, local or tribal agencies, and port authorities with jurisdiction ...
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EPA Announces Availability of Clean Diesel Grants for Communities Across the Country Local governments, tribal agencies and nonprofits can win grants up to $2.14 million
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the availability of $13.5 million in grant funding to help governments and nonprofit organizations switch to cleaner diesel engines. Local governments, tribal agencies and nonprofits can win grants up to $2.14 million each. Eligible applicants include regional, state, local or tribal agencies, and port authorities with jurisdiction over ...
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US EPA offers US$3.6m in grants for innovative diesel emissions reduction projects
The US Environmental Protection Agency-Region 4, as part of the Southeast Diesel Collaborative, this week announced the availability of approximately US$3.6 Million in grants to fund projects within the Southeast to demonstrate effective emission control technologies and strategies, methods or approaches to reducing diesel emissions. EPA expects to fund between five and ten grants ranging from ...
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Up to $9 Million Available from EPA for 2013 Diesel Emission Reduction Grants
The DERA program has significantly improved air quality and provided critical health benefits by reducing air pollution and saving millions of gallons of fuel. Diesel pollution is linked to a range of serious health problems including asthma, lung and heart disease, other respiratory ailments, and premature death. EPA estimates that clean diesel funding generates up to $13 of public health ...
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EPA Reducing Air Pollution from Diesel Buses in Puerto Rico
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is supporting local efforts to reduce air pollution in the greater metropolitan area of San Juan, Puerto Rico by providing more than $208,000 for the Puerto Rico Metropolitan Bus Authority to retrofit 17 transit buses with diesel emission reduction devices. The project will cut emissions of harmful fine particles, which are linked to health problems, ...
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EPA Awards Five California School Districts $325,000 for Thirteen Cleaner School Buses
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding five California School Districts $325,000 to replace thirteen older diesel school buses with new, clean buses that are more than 90 percent cleaner. Recipients include Town Ride, Inc. of Arcadia Unified School District, Culver City Unified School District, Enterprise Elementary School District in Redding, Calif., Clovis Unified School ...
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U.S. EPA awards $1.25 million in recovery funding to the Alabama clean fuels coalition to reduce diesel emissions and create jobs
In a move that stands to create jobs, boost local economies, reduce diesel emissions and protect human health and the environment for the people of Alabama, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $1.25 million to the Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition to reduce emissions from truck stop engine idling. This clean diesel project will create jobs while protecting Alabama’s air quality. ...
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U.S. EPA awards more than half a million dollars in recovery funding to the east tennessee clean fuels coalition to reduce diesel emissions and create jobs
In a move that stands to create jobs, boost local economies, reduce diesel emissions and protect human health and the environment for the people of East Tennessee, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $581,849 to the East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition to reduce emissions from truck stop engine idling. This clean diesel project will create jobs while protecting East Tennessee’s ...
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North Carolina solar center receives Southeast Diesel Collaborative Leadership Award
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Air, Pesticides, Toxics Management Division Director Ken Lapierre, on behalf of the Southeast Diesel Collaborative (SEDC), presented the North Carolina Solar Center at North Carolina State University with the Leadership Award at the Mobilizing North Carolina Conference in Raleigh, NC. This is the second year the SEDC Leadership Council has ...
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EPA grant to help green the port of Pittsburgh diesel emissions will be significantly reduced (PA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today awarded a $1,156,838 grant to the Port of Pittsburgh Commission to oversee extensive repowering of four marine towing vessels with new, more efficient diesel engines and generators that will reduce air pollution, improve air quality and lessen overall environmental impacts. The grant was awarded under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act. ...
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EPA Awards Washoe County School District $110,000 for five cleaner school buses
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding the Washoe County School District $110,000 to replace five older diesel school buses with new, clean buses that are more than 90 percent cleaner. Nationwide, 76 recipients will receive rebates through EPA’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) funding to replace 210 school buses. In conjunction with “Love the Bus” ...
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Idaho awarded over $626,000 in EPA clean air grants to retrofit school buses and construction equipment
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality was awarded grants totaling up to $626,000 to retrofit school bus engines and construction equipment with the goal of reducing harmful toxic pollutants from diesel emissions. The funds were awarded in two grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Emissions Reductions Program. The funds will be used to retrofit over 40 school ...
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Mississippi state university receives $1 million clean diesel grant award (MS)
As part of its ongoing efforts in the National Clean Diesel Campaign and the Southeast Diesel Collaborative, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 4 presented the Mississippi State University Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems with a $1,083,595 grant award to help reduce diesel emissions associated with freight movement throughout the southeast. This project will help reduce ...
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Grace Hill Settlement House, EPA region 7 sponsor May 20 event to show diesel emission reduction plans for St. Louis
EPA Region 7 and Grace Hill Settlement House will host a public event May 20, offering exhibits and information about Grace Hill’s plans for a US$2 million project aimed at reducing diesel emissions and improving air quality in St. Louis. Grace Hill received US$2 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to implement the diesel emission reduction project. ...
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Northeast Clean Diesel Collaborative Honors Groups for Reducing Air Pollution in N.Y., Mass., Conn. and R.I.
The Northeast Diesel Collaborative (NEDC) – a partnership between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), state agencies, and private and non-profit groups – recently recognized eight organizations for their exemplary work to reduce toxic diesel emissions. Honors were given to agencies and organizations from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York as part of the ...
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U.S. EPA Awards Over $126,000 to Nevada for Clean Diesel Project
“Awarding these important diesel emission reduction projects is another example of how collaboration amongst public and private partners can benefit everyone – most importantly the communities in which these projects are located” said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA’s Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest Region. “Residents, employees and visitors in Clark County ...
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EPA Awards $123,161 to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection to Retrofit School Buses
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $123,161 in Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) funding to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection to fund local school districts to replace four school buses. The older replaced buses will be removed from service and permanently destroyed. “By promoting clean diesel technologies, we can improve air quality, support green jobs, ...
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