WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Connecticut Maritime Foundation, Inc. one of 70 selectees nationwide to reduce diesel emissions across a range of projects * * * BOSTON (Oct. 18, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced selections totaling nearly $125 million under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act National Grants Program which will incentivize and accelerate the upgrade or retirement of older  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * City of Boston and Columbia-Willamette Clean Cities Coalition, Inc. two of 70 selectees nationwide to reduce diesel emissions across a range of projects, including upgrades to school buses, port equipment, and construction equipment * * * MASSACHUSETTS (Oct. 18, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced selections totaling nearly $125 million under the Diesel Emis  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: * * * Grant supports employment services, training in 62 Kansas counties * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded $800,000 to the Kansas Local Area I Workforce Investment Board, also known as Kansas WorkforceONE, to support employment and training services for people affected by multiple layoffs and closures between January 2024 and June 2024.  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: * * * Five selectees in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia will reduce diesel emissions across a range of projects, including upgrades to fire trucks, municipal fleets, and construction equipment * * * PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced selections across the Mid-Atlantic totaling approximately $12.1 million under the Diesel Emissio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: * * * Florida selectees receive total of $9,377,292 for to reduce diesel emissions across a range of projects, including upgrades to school buses, port equipment, and construction equipment * * * TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (October 18, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced selections totaling nearly $125 million under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * North Carolina selectees receive total of $3,467,866 for to reduce diesel emissions across a range of projects, including upgrades to school buses, port equipment, and construction equipment * * * CHARLOTTE, N.C. (October 18, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced selections totaling nearly $125 million under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Puget Sound Clean Air Agency in Georgia to receive $1,065,000 to replace seven diesel-fueled yard trucks with all-electric yard trucks * * * ATLANTA (October 18, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced selections totaling nearly $125 million under the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) National Grants Program which will incentivize and accelerate the upgrade  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition in Kentucky to receive $689,772 to replace sixteen municipal on-road and nonroad utility vehicles with ten new vehicles equipped with Selective Catalytic Reduction * * * LEXINGTON, Ky. (October 18, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced selections totaling nearly $125 million under the Diesel Emissions Reduction   more

BERLIN, Germany, Oct. 19 -- U.S. President Biden and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier issued the following remarks on Oct. 18, 2024, at an order of merit ceremony at Bellevue Palace: * * * PRESIDENT STEINMEIER: Please have a seat. Mr. President, so good to have you here. (Speaks German.) (No translation provided.) Of the many stereotypes about Germany -- our sense of humor -- (laughter) -- our spontaneity, our irresistible joie de vivre -- (laughter) -- only one is really true: We   more