Drive Clean Indiana appoints executive board members |
Drive Clean Indiana recently elected its 2023 Executive Board of Directors, the nonprofit organization announced.
“Our volunteer-based Board of Directors represents our broad network of members throughout the state and partners in the clean transportation sector,” Drive Clean Indiana Executive Director Carl Lisek said. “Their enthusiasm and dedication to our mission makes them excellent ambassadors for Drive Clean Indiana and we appreciate their service.”
The newly appointed Executive Board of Directors are President, Belinda Puetz, Director of Business & Brand Management for CountryMark Cooperative in Indianapolis, Indiana; Vice President, Shane Langemeier, Central Indiana Sales for Best Equipment in Indianapolis, Indiana; Treasurer, Tom Navarre, Vice President of Petroleum Marketing & Logistics for Family Express in Valparaiso, Indiana; Secretary, Brian Houston, President for Houston Consulting in Monticello, Indiana and Ex. Board President, Don Hadley, Government & Commercial Fleet Manager for Bosak Motors in Burns Harbor, Indiana.
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Elkhart’s Transportation Council focuses on alternative fuels for vehicles at annual breakfast |
The Transportation Council of the Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Transportation Breakfast December 9, 2022.
This year’s topic was Alternative Fuel Vehicles and the Necessary Infrastructure. Executive Director Carl Lisek was the featured speaker. Carl spoke about all of the Clean Transportation projects going on in the Michiana Area Council of Governments area.
Here's a short interview & overview of the event from Elkhart television channel WNDU.
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The Average Annual Price Difference Between Regular and Premium Gasoline was 68 Cents per Gallon in 2021 |
When adjusted to constant 2021 dollars, the average annual price difference between regular and premium gasoline remained between 27 and 33 cents per gallon from 1995 to 2012. Following that period, the average price difference began to increase sharply, peaking at 70 cents per gallon in 2020 and dropping slightly to 68 cents per gallon by 2021. The average price difference between midgrade and regular gasoline followed a similar trend but the difference in price was much less, peaking at 27 cents per gallon in 2019.
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $1.5 Billion Available through the 2023 RAISE Grant Program |
Popular RAISE Discretionary Grant Program helps communities build transportation projects that have significant local or regional impact and improve safety and equity.
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $1.5 billion in grant funding through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program for 2023. The popular program helps communities around the country carry out projects with significant local or regional impact.
RAISE discretionary grants help project sponsors at the State and local levels, including municipalities, Tribal governments, counties, and others complete critical freight and passenger transportation infrastructure projects. The eligibility requirements of RAISE allow project sponsors to obtain funding for projects that are harder to support through other U.S. DOT grant programs.
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NIRPC to hold public comment period on amendments of 2022-2026 Transportation Improvement Program,
Ends January 4, 2023
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The Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) will hold a 21-day public comment period on an amendment to the 2022-2026 Transportation Improvement Programs (TIP).
The comment period began December 14 and will end on January 4, 2023. Amendment #22-08 contains various new projects for INDOT, and the City of LaPorte. Michigan City, Schererville, and Valparaiso wish to add funding and phases to the projects in those municipalities in Northwestern Indiana. Amendment #22-08.5 contains various projects for Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD or South Shore Line) in Northwestern Indiana.
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $750 Million To Accelerate Clean Hydrogen Technologies |
Funding Will Advance Electrolysis Technology, Drive Down Clean Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Costs, Provide Long-term Support for Hydrogen Hubs and Other Industry Deployments
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced its intent to issue $750 million in funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to dramatically reduce the cost of clean-hydrogen technologies.
The funding is a crucial component of the Administration’s comprehensive approach to accelerating the widespread use of clean hydrogen and will play a vital role in supporting commercial-scale hydrogen deployment. Produced with net-zero carbon emissions, clean hydrogen is a key pillar in the emerging clean energy economy and will be essential for achieving the President’s goal of a 100% clean electrical grid by 2035 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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Member Spotlight:
Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)
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Today IDEM employs some of Indiana’s most qualified engineers, scientists and environmental project managers specializing in air, land, pollution prevention and water quality issues. Their staff members work hard to provide quality environmental oversight and technical assistance in your community and around the state. Whether you’re a business owner, consultant, student, farmer, teacher or parent, IDEM is here to help you.
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Hydrogen (H2) is a potentially emission-free alternative fuel that can be produced using domestic resources. Although not widely used as a transportation fuel, government and industry researchers are working on the advancement of clean economical and safe hydrogen production and fuel-cell electric vehicles.
Hydrogen is locked up in enormous quantities in water (H2O), hydrocarbons (such as methane, CH4) and other organic matter. Efficiently producing hydrogen from these compounds is one of the challenges of using hydrogen as a fuel.
Currently, steam reforming of methane (natural gas) accounts for the majority of the hydrogen produced in the U.S. Almost all of the hydrogen produced domestically each year is used for refining petroleum, treating metals, producing fertilizer and procession foods. Hydrogen has been used for space flight since the 1950s.
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