Clean diesel grants help to buy and install clean diesel technology on public and privately-owned heavy-duty diesel vehicles and equipment. The grants are funded by the Local Toxics Control Account.
We help school districts replace old school buses with new, clean-running buses.
We, along with other clean air agencies, have provided funding to retrofit school buses, public fleet vehicles, cargo-handling equipment, locomotives, and garbage trucks in densely populated areas. When combined with ultra-low-sulfur-diesel (ULSD), retrofits can reduce vehicle emissions 40 to 90 percent.
Fleet managers and owner/operators can purchase idle reduction equipment. This equipment allows drivers to use heaters and other equipment without idling the main engine.
State and local governments, along with the Environmental Protection Agency, began requiring stricter diesel exhaust emission standards for 2007 and newer on-road trucks, off-road equipment, locomotives, and some marine vessels.
Since 2006, almost all petroleum-based diesel fuel available in the U.S. is ultra-low-sulfur-diesel (ULSD). Burning ULSD substantially lowers emissions of particulate matter from diesel engines.
Washington received $140 million from the Volkswagen federal and state settlements to reduce air pollution from transportation. We are investing these funds with a priority on transforming Washington's transportation system to advance zero-emission vehicles.