33.5 F
Indianapolis
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

IDEM announces clean air project funding 

HANNA RAUWORTH
HANNA RAUWORTH
Hanna Rauworth is the Health & Environmental Reporter for the Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper, where she covers topics at the intersection of public health, environmental issues, and community impact. With a commitment to storytelling that informs and empowers, she strives to highlight the challenges and solutions shaping the well-being of Indianapolis residents.

More by this author

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) announced the availability of funding for the next round of grants for Indiana’s DieselWise Program. 

$750,000 will be available through the U.S. EPA Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) program to clean air projects designed to reduce diesel emissions from onroad and nonroad vehicles and equipment across Indiana. 

The program centers around the replacement of diesel-powered vehicles, equipment and engines with cleaner solutions. Vehicles under the program include transit buses, school buses, refuse haulers and construction equipment. Additionally, the program will fund eligible replacement of diesel engines or gensets in marine vessels and locomotives. 

(Photo/Getty)

Awards will be distributed in amounts ranging from $50,000 to $250,000. The DieselWise Program in Indiana has implemented clean diesel projects on nearly 4,000 vehicles across the state, an investment totally over $25 million. 

Public and private entities may submit applications. The request for proposals is due Feb. 28, 2025. Indiana will only accept electronic grant proposals submitted in PDF format along with the DieselWise Indiana Fleet spreadsheet in Excel or another similar format to Shawn M. Seals at SSeals@idem.IN.gov

For more information and to view to application materials, visit idem.in.gov/airquality/dieselwise

This reporting is made possible by a grant from the Indianapolis African-American Quality of Life Initiative, empowering our community with essential health insights. https://iaaqli.org/ 

To read more health stories, click here.

Contact Health & Environmental Reporter Hanna Rauworth at 317-762-7854 or follow her on Instagram at @hanna.rauworth. 

- Advertisement -

Upcoming Online Townhalls

- Advertisement -

Subscribe to our newsletter

To be updated with all the latest local news.

Stay connected

1FansLike
1FollowersFollow
1FollowersFollow
1SubscribersSubscribe

Related articles

Popular articles

Español + Translate »
Skip to content