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Unquestionably, new technologies and new vehicles emerging will guide us to cleaner-fueled vehicles that are more comfortable to drive. It is important the people running today’s fleets weigh in on on how and when we embrace these new truck technologies. Check out our kickoff Zoom meeting on 12/6/22.

If 90% of life is showing up, the other 10% is listening and following up.

Here’s how that 100% led to a $7.6 million federal grant for 25 electric school buses for Connecticut’s vocational-technical high school system.

On Wednesday, July 27, 2022, GNHCCC held a web meeting with Brendan Sharkey of ACES Up and Daisy Solutions to learn about a peer-to-peer school bus electrification support offered by Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES), the regional education service center for 25 school districts in south central Connecticut. ACES UP is rolling out a network of dedicated EV chargers, and provides grant application, design & installation, and solar & storage solutions for school districts across Connecticut to support the statewide deployment of electric school bus transportation.

On July 12, 2022, Greater New Haven Clean Cities held a webinar with Barry Carr, long time Clean Cities leader, executive director of Clean Communities of New York and Director of Business Development for ABM. Barry spoke about electric, propane, and electric upfit...

Proposed rules by the Federal Highway Administration for the use of funds for EV charger installation from the NEVI program require certification of installations through the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program (EVITP). Included here is a webinar recording and slides from 7/7/22.

MADISON — As part of the state’s efforts to shift to cleaner energy sources and to encourage the use of emission-free cars, the first universal electric-car chargers have been installed in a Connecticut service plaza. A rest stop on Interstate 95 southbound in...

With funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA’s Clean School Bus Program provides $5 billion over the next five years to replace existing school buses with zero-emission and low-emission models. EPA is offering $500 million through the 2022 Clean School Bus...

Greater New Haven Clean Cities celebrated and spoke at a 5/3/22 Bike Month event announcing a new financing program for e-bikes to supplement a new state subsidy through the CHEAPR board, on which we sit. GNHCCC was on the New Haven, CT historic green as a validator...

On July 14, 2020, Connecticut took another significant step forward in its effort to address the climate crisis and the health impacts of air pollution as it joined 14 other states and the District of Columbia in signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work...