14 News & Press Releases found
Natural Gas Vehicle for America (NGV) News
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Transportation & Climate Initiative Releases Model Rule
On March 1, officials from the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast states and D.C. participated in a webinar to share updates on the Transportation & Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) and to unveil a Model Draft Rule. The TCI-P focuses on ...
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NGVAmerica Releases Updated AFTC Filing Fact Sheet
After championing the inclusion of an extension of the Alternative Fuels Tax Credit (AFTC) in a combined year-end FY 2021 Omnibus spending and Covid-19 stimulus package in late December, NGVAmerica today released updated guidance on filing ...
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Northeast/Mid-Atlantic TCI Plan Issued with Just Three States Committed
After a decade-long process, on December 21st the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) released plans to move forward with its proposed program to cut transportation pollution and invest in communities across the Northeast and ...
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FTA Directed to Expand Low/No Emission Grant Program to Support All Qualifying Transit Bus Technologies
Directive language compelling the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to divert from its recent all-electric trend and refocus the Low/No Emission grant program to support all qualifying low emission fuel sources – including natural gas ...
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California Governor Calls for Ban on All Combustion Fueled Vehicles
Last Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-79-20 that calls for sales of all new passenger cars and light trucks to be zero emission vehicles by 2035. The Executive Order also directs the Air Resources Board to adopt ...
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CARB Approves Low-NOx Requirements for Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks
Last Friday, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved the Omnibus Low-NOx Rule, requiring new engines and trucks to meet more demanding NOx standards – 75% lower in 2024 and 90% lower in 2027. The rules also lower the standard for ...
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NGVAmerica Statement on California’s Proposed ACT Regulation
NGVAmerica Director of State Affairs Sherrie Merrow provided the following testimony during today’s California Air Resources Board (CARB) web-based Board Meeting concerning its proposed Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) Regulation: “This rule ...
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U.S. EPA Solicits Input on Federal Cleaner Truck Initiative
On Monday, January 6th, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler was in Virginia promoting the U.S. EPA’s Cleaner Truck Initiative. The public event coincided with release of an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking. The Cleaner Truck ...
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NGVAmerica Applauds Ways and Means Democrats for Introduction of GREEN Act
NGVAmerica today applauded the introduction of the Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now Act, or GREEN Act discussion draft by Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and fellow Ways and Means Committee Democrats. The draft legislation includes ...
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NGVAmerica Applauds Fletcher/Mullin Bill to Spur Clean Transportation Fuel Adoption
NGVAmerica today applauded the introduction of the Alternative Fuel Tax Credit Extension Act of 2019 by Reps. Lizzie Fletcher (TX-7) and Markwayne Mullin (OK-2). The legislation would reinstate the lapsed $0.50/gallon Alternative Fuels Tax Credit ...
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National Clean Fleet Month 2019 Launches to Share Clean Air and Climate Benefits of Natural Gas Vehicles
NGVAmerica is teaming up with the American Gas Association and the American Public Gas Association to launch the 2019 Drive Natural Gas Clean Fleet Month from October 14th to November 1st. “Clean air starts with ...
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UPS and Waste Management Makes CDP’s 2018 Climate A-List
NGVAmerica members Waste Management and UPS announced they earned an ‘A’ grade this year from the environmental non-profit CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) for the depth and quality of climate change data it discloses ...
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Greenhouse Gas Emission Metrics White Paper Released
NGVAmerica, the national trade association for natural gas fuel in transportation, today released a white paper on greenhouse gas emission metrics, Understanding Global Warming Potential and Other Greenhouse Gas Emission Metrics. The white ...
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NGVAmerica and SWANA Release White Paper for Natural Gas Fuel in the Waste & Recycling Industry
This past week, at WASTECON 2016, NGVAmerica and the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) released a white paper for natural gas use in the waste and recycling industry, Natural Gas >> A Clean, Safe and Smart Choice for the ...