This $12,055,840 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) will fund Drive Clean Indiana, Inc., a nonprofit organization, to undertake extensive diesel emissions reduction efforts in the Midwest. The key activities include the replacement of 20 pieces of outdated diesel-powered trucks and off-road equipment, such as garbage trucks, drayage trucks, tractors, dredges,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded $563,562 under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA #66.039) to Drive Clean Indiana, Inc. to replace a model year 1997 nonroad ship loading bulk material handler with a Tier 4 Final, hybrid diesel-electric-powered bulk goods material handler in New Haven, Connecticut. This project will reduce diesel particulate matter, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons emissions in a nonattainment county with...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $7,467,975 Project Grant to Environmental Initiative under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039). The grant funds will be used to replace 16 on-highway Class 8 short-haul delivery trucks with 16 new battery electric trucks that will operate out of Environmental Initiative's distribution center in McCook, Illinois. This project aims to reduce diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $4,601,966 Project Grant under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) to the Columbia-Willamette Clean Cities Coalition, Inc. The funding will be used to replace 8 older, heavily polluting pieces of nonroad equipment, including 2 excavators, 2 rubber tire dozers/loaders, and 4 cranes, with new Tier 4 EPA-certified diesel equipment and 1 all-electric crane. The project aims to enhance operational...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $615,553 project grant to Leonardo Academy Inc. under the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039). The grant will fund the early replacement of four diesel terminal tractors with fully electric terminal tractors in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. This replacement is expected to reduce emissions of diesel particulate matter and other pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons from the...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 awarded a $149,646 Project Grant to Leonardo Academy Inc. under the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039). The grant will fund the retrofit of a diesel terminal tractor engine with a 100% electric engine, reducing emissions of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons in Wayne County, Michigan. This project supports the DERA program's goals of achieving diesel emissions...
This $7,636,780 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) provides funding to the Washington, D.C. Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) to replace selected Class 5+ on-highway vehicles and trucks with zero-emission solutions. The goal is to eliminate tailpipe emissions and reduce diesel pollution in the District, furthering the agency's air quality and climate goals. The...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $5,720,270 Project Grant under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) to the Columbia-Willamette Clean Cities Coalition, Inc. The grant will fund the replacement of two Tier-0 diesel marine propulsion engines on the tugboat Washington with two new Tier-4 diesel engines. This project is expected to reduce annual emissions of fine particulate matter by 1.3 tons and nitrogen oxides by 91.2 tons,...
This Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) provides $7,510,650 in funding to the Coalition for Sustainable Initiatives to administer a rebate program that will replace 35 eligible diesel-powered terminal tractors and delivery trucks operated by United Parcel Service (UPS) in Colorado and Utah with new battery electric vehicles. This project is expected to save over 200,445...
This Project Grant award of $8,957,858 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program (CFDA 66.039) will fund the replacement of older, diesel-powered yard trucks with new, all-electric yard trucks at the Port of Elizabeth in Union County, New Jersey. The primary awardee, Leonardo Academy Inc., will oversee the project, which involves scrapping the existing diesel-powered cargo handling equipment and procuring...