Pittsburg one of 6 cities to benefit from $1.4m EPA grant

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Monday that Pittsburg is one of six cities that will benefit from a grant of more than $1.4 million to replace 16 diesel, long-haul freight trucks with 16 low-nitrogen oxide, compressed natural gas (CNG) freight trucks. The grant of $1,457,181 was awarded to the Metropolitan Energy Center (MEC) in Kansas City, Missouri, from the 2021 Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants program. Other than Pittsburg, MEC’s project cities include Kansas City, Salina and Topeka in Kansas, along with Des Moines, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska. Besides replacing the diesel trucks, the funding will also allow MEC to conduct a rebate program to replace two to four diesel transit buses or off-road diesel cargo handlers with electric models.
Source: Morning Sun