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This blog is intended for individual interested in reducing vehicle and diesel air pollution through DERA's diesel retrofit engine program. Information includes DERA grants as part of the air quality stimulus, funding eligibility, diesel retrofit engine technology, and more. Interactive Media Associates writes and produces this blog and is solely responsible for its content.
June 29th, 2009
North Dakota and the Environmental Protection Agency moved to create jobs, reduce diesel emissions and protect the health of local communities and the environment. The Mid-Dakota Education Cooperative was awarded $450,000 for clean diesel projects and to protect North Dakota’s air quality.
The funds are provided under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) of the 2009 National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program and were chosen to maximize both the economic impact and emissions reductions. Nine North Dakota school districts will benefit from the award which will contribute to emissions solutions for the school buses.
Click here to read more about the EPA awarding $450,000 in Recovery act funding to reduce diesel emissions and create jobs in North Dakota.
Posted in Funding, Legislation / Regulation
June 24th, 2009
The Missouri Department of Transportation is retrofitting 17 dump trucks to reduce diesel emissions in Jefferson City’s urban areas. Officials hope the retrofit will cut emissions by 288 tons per year.
Click here for the article “MoDOT trucks to be retrofitted to cut emissions by 288 tons, money coming from DNR grant”
Posted in Uncategorized
June 22nd, 2009
The Port of Houston Authority will receive more than $3.47 million to replace or retrofit heavy-duty trucks and cargo-handling equipment. The funds are from the federal stimulus package through the Diesel Emission Reduction Act. The money will be split between port users according to a statement from the port.
Click here to read how the Port of Houston Authority is cleaning up diesel emissions and clearing the air.
Posted in Funding, Legislation / Regulation
June 19th, 2009
Ten public schools in Gwinnett County, Atlanta, Georgia are asking parents to turn off their idling engines to improve the health of the students. The schools partnered with the Clean Air Campaign and the Gwinnett County Clean & Beautiful and cut 60 percent of idling vehicles on school grounds last school year. “Our goal is to work with school boards and school superintendents to get ‘No idling zones’ established systemwide,” said Kevin Green, executive director of Clean Air Campaign.
Click here to read the full article “Schools to keep up ‘no idling’ effort”
Click here to visit CleanAirCampaign.com
Posted in Business, Uncategorized
June 4th, 2009
Money is now available to truckers from Minnesota for diesel truck retrofits. The $1.57 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will be available through application for private and public diesel truck fleet owners who are headquartered and reside in Minnesota. The grants will cover portions of idle-reduction and repower technologies and will cover 100 percent of the cost of emission control devices such as retrofits. The applications are due June 25.
Click here to learn more and apply for a grant for Minnesota diesel retrofits
Posted in Business, Funding, Legislation / Regulation
June 3rd, 2009
A plan to retrofit up to 900 trucks in the Oakland, California area is being reconsidered on June 16 by the Port of Oakland commissioners. The initial plan had overall support with push back on one aspect of the program. That aspect is to ban old trucks manufactured before 1994 because of the high level of emissions they produce.
The plan calls for the Port of Oakland, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the California Air Resources Board to provide millions of dollars to retrofit these trucks to significantly improve air quality and limit emissions.
Click here to read the full article, “Port Commissioners To Reconsider Truck Management Program”
Posted in Business, Funding
May 26th, 2009
The Pittsburgh school board will vote tomorrow on contracts with 19 school bus carriers to retrofit the buses with diesel particulate filters and closed crankcase ventilation systems. The aim is to create cleaner air inside and outside to try and avoid contributing to poor respiratory health in children riding the buses. The agreement, which will take place over the next five years, will be initiated during the next school year.
The filters are estimated to cut diesel particulate and gas emissions by almost 90 percent. School districts around the nation are retrofitting school buses to be more environmentally friendly and adhere to state emission regulations.
Click here to read the full story, “City schools seek to make buses cleaner”
Posted in Funding
May 18th, 2009
A portion of fines totaling $675,105 against 76 entities for violations of Texas state environmental agencies will go to help local school districts retrofit buses. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued the fines in several categories including air quality and industrial hazardous waste.
Click here to read more about fines going towards helping the Texas air quality
Posted in Legislation / Regulation
May 13th, 2009
The Licking Valley Local School District will retrofit 12 buses after receiving $28,002 from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The funding was made available through federal and state support to help implement pollution-control technologies.
Click here to read the entire article about the Licking Valley retrofit funding and plans.
Posted in Uncategorized
May 12th, 2009
After a very successful group effort to secure $300 million in funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA), we wanted to let you know about efforts to support funding both the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) and state and local air quality grants. As you know, DERA is a win-win-win: it can help save jobs while also improving public health and cleaning the air.
Here is a letter to Congress (click here: requesting Fiscal Year 2010 (FY 10) funding that we would like your company/organization to consider signing. The letter requests full funding ($200 million) for DERA and $270 million for state and local air quality grants. The letter will be sent, separately, to both the House Subcommittee on Interior Appropriations and the Senate Subcommittee on Interior Appropriations.
If you’d like to support this, please email Meghan Higgins at . In your email, please acknowledge your consent for your company/organization’s name to be added to these letters. All sign-ons need to be received by 5PM EDT on Tuesday, May 19th. Also, please share this letter with any other groups who you think would be interested in signing on. We would like to get as many groups/organizations/companies on the letter as possible — so please don’t be shy about sharing!
Posted in Business, Funding, Legislation / Regulation
