Project Grant 00D91119

This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) will enable the Columbia-Willamette Clean Cities Coalition, Inc. to replace old, heavily polluting construction equipment with cleaner machinery. Specifically, the award will fund the purchase of three excavators, one rubber tire dozer/loader, and four cranes, which are expected to mitigate over 18 tons of nitrogen oxides...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $999,708 Cooperative Agreement to Partnership For Clean Transportation Inc., operating as Clean Cities through its Georgia Division. The award, granted on June 1, 2024, aims to expand the Southeast Clean Cities Network under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). The project objective is to grow existing Clean Cities coalitions, increase outreach in new regions including...

The City of Atlanta was awarded a $2,376,203 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (CFDA 66.049), established through the Inflation Reduction Act. The funding will be used to replace 7 eligible Class 6 and Class 7 internal combustion engine heavy-duty vehicles with new zero-emission vehicles across EPA Region 4. This includes replacing 1 service truck, 1 street sweeper, 2 trucks, and 1 refuse hauler with comparable...

This $498,401 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program will fund the Center for Sustainable Communities, Inc. to monitor their own air quality and promote air quality monitoring partnerships between communities and state/local governments. The key activities include leveraging existing air quality expertise,...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $386,550 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act federal grant program (CFDA 66.034) to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources on August 1, 2022 for completion by July 31, 2024. The funding will support upgrading particulate matter and other National Ambient Air Quality Standards pollutant monitoring equipment in communities facing...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act, provides $684,620 to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to establish and maintain a new lead monitoring site in the Atlanta area, upgrade existing air quality monitors, and purchase low-cost air quality sensors. The key objectives are to: (1)...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046) to the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC). This funding will support the development, updating, and evaluation of climate action plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance carbon sinks within the Atlanta region. Specific activities include greenhouse gas inventory and analysis, measure selection, quantification of emissions...

This Project Grant award of $500,000 was made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306) to the Glynn Environmental Coalition (GEC). The grant funds GEC, in partnership with local community-based organizations (CBOs), state and private universities, and the Georgia Department of Public Health, to carry out three primary activities: (1) identify air pollutants historically...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Public Transportation Innovation program (CFDA 20.530), funds a $17,284,165 project to operate and maintain a program that conducts research related to zero-emission transit bus development and commercialization. The Center for Transportation and the Environment, Inc. will administer the TVIDC program, which aims to deliver research products and tools to educate and...

This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039), provides $2,402,255 in funding to the American Lung Association. The award supports the purchase of 5 zero-emission terminal tractors for Crowley Logistics, Inc., 14 clean diesel trucks for Sysco Corporation, 3 zero-emission delivery trucks for Coastal Logistics, Inc., and 3 zero-emission terminal tractors for Ruan. These vehicle...