California regulators approve $423 million for clean transportation
https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/California-regulators-approve-423-million-for-12945151.php
Source: By Kate Galbraith, San Francisco Chronicle.
Excerpt: The California Air Resources Board voted Friday to allocate $423 million in funding from the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal settlement to a variety of clean transportation projects. The funding is a slice of the $1.2 billion that California is getting from the settlement. It is intended to mitigate emissions of harmful air pollutants called nitrogen oxides from the polluting diesel vehicles, many of which have been taken off the road after Volkswagen bought them back. The funding is mostly aimed at cleaning up heavy-duty vehicles, such as buses and trucks. It includes: ...$130 million for zero-emission shuttle buses, school buses and transit • $90 million for zero-emission, heavy-duty freight and drayage trucks • $70 million for port equipment and other marine projects • $60 million for combustion port equipment and other marine projects • $10 million for infrastructure for light-duty vehicles • $63 million in reserve....
Source: By Kate Galbraith, San Francisco Chronicle.
Excerpt: The California Air Resources Board voted Friday to allocate $423 million in funding from the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal settlement to a variety of clean transportation projects. The funding is a slice of the $1.2 billion that California is getting from the settlement. It is intended to mitigate emissions of harmful air pollutants called nitrogen oxides from the polluting diesel vehicles, many of which have been taken off the road after Volkswagen bought them back. The funding is mostly aimed at cleaning up heavy-duty vehicles, such as buses and trucks. It includes: ...$130 million for zero-emission shuttle buses, school buses and transit • $90 million for zero-emission, heavy-duty freight and drayage trucks • $70 million for port equipment and other marine projects • $60 million for combustion port equipment and other marine projects • $10 million for infrastructure for light-duty vehicles • $63 million in reserve....