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SENATE EPW LEADERS INTRODUCE DIESEL EMISSIONS BILL

Press Release

Date: June 28, 2023
Issues: Oil and Gas

"The DERA program is a common-sense example of how we can successfully address emissions using policy carrots instead of regulatory sticks. As an original sponsor of the last reauthorization of the DERA program, I am proud to join Chairman Carper and once again lead this effort, which will help improve air quality and grow our economy at the same time.

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The program has upgraded tens of thousands of vehicles and pieces of equipment, and DERA funds have been awarded to projects in every state in the country, in addition to [Washington, D.C.] and the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa," according to background information the committee provided. "Through fiscal year 2018, EPA estimates that total lifetime emission reductions achieved through DERA funding are 16,800 tons of particulate matter, 491,000 tons of nitrogen oxides, 5.3 million tons of carbon dioxide, and over 11,000 tons of black carbon."


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