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September 29, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 29, 2021
In recognition of Nation Drive Electric Week, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is announcing five organizations that will receive grants to replace old diesel trucks with new all-electric versions. More than $1.5 million in funds will be awarded under EGLE's Fuel Transformation Program to support the transition to zero-emission vehicles.
The organizations to receive funds include Cintas Corporation, city of Ann Arbor, Padnos, Granger Container Services, and the city of Grand Rapids. These projects will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality in a total of nine counties including: Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Kent, Livingston, Oakland, Ottawa, Washtenaw and Wayne. Four of these counties are in non-attainment areas for the 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone, and five are high asthma burden areas.
Collectively these projects will reduce 1,809.43 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents and 5.72 metric tons of nitrogen oxide emissions over the life of the vehicles. "Replacing older, diesel vehicles with all-electric vehicles aligns with the state's Mi Healthy Climate Plan and will increase the adoption of zero emission vehicles," said Elizabeth M. Browne, director of EGLE's Materials Management Division. "Reduced emissions will help people have cleaner air to breathe and fewer health concerns."
In addition to the announcement of these grants, EGLE will offer a webinar titled, "Medium and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification - Challenges, Resources, and Successes," at 2 p.m. EST on Oct. 13. The webinar will include information on upcoming grant funding options for the electrification of medium and heavy-duty vehicles. Go to Michigan.gov/EGLEEvents to register for the event.
Also, to learn more about where passenger vehicle charging stations are located throughout the state, along with information on incentives for these stations, check out the EGLE electric vehicle story map titled, Traveling Michigan in an Electric Vehicle.
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A group of ten volunteers spent just over four hours cleaning up the grounds of the veterans cemetery in Grand Rapids.
A vacant and contaminated site in Detroit will be cleaned up, thanks to approval of a reimbursement plan by EGLE.
The Fresh Coast Maritime Challenge is enabling the future of boating by electrifying Northwest Michigan’s waterways.
Ferndale is making rain barrel kits available at a reduced price, thanks to an EGLE grant.
A Lansing-based nonprofit is making kits available for waterway cleanups, featuring everything from boats to grappling hooks to first-aid supplies.
EGLE joins in cautioning Michiganders about the danger of fires under current weather conditions.
EGLE’s Drinking Water Laboratory recently announced that it is now able to test for PFAS in drinking water using the newest U.S. EPA testing methodology known as Method 533.
The U.S. EPA has confirmed that southeast Michigan has met all federal standards for the national health-based standard for ozone.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has confirmed that southeast Michigan has met all federal standards for the national health-based standard for ozone. Ground-level ozone, one of the most monitored pollutants in Michigan, has shown steady improvements in the greater Detroit area since the 1990s, culminating in the region now being designated as “in attainment” with the EPA’s national ambient air quality standards.
