(AGENPARL) – Rome, 30 October 2024
(AGENPARL) – mer 30 ottobre 2024 Issued: Oct 29, 2024 (4:29pm EDT)
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $128 Million in Clean Ports
Investment in Delaware as Part of Investing in America Agenda
EPA’s Clean Ports Program to fund 55 zero-emission port equipment,
infrastructure, and planning projects across the nation to tackle climate
change, reduce air pollution, promote good jobs, and advance environmental
justice
PHILADELPHIA — (October 29, 2024) Today, as part of the Biden-Harris
Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency announced the Diamond State Port Corporation and the
Delaware River and Bay Authority have been selected to receive more than $125
million and $540,000 respectively through EPA’s Clean Ports Program.
The Diamond State Port Corporation has been selected to receive an anticipated
$127,510,094 in funding to deploy zero-emission port equipment at Port
Delaware South and Port Delaware North. Project activities will include
converting cargo handling equipment from diesel to fully electric, purchasing
new electric cargo handling equipment, and scrapping a portion of the existing
diesel fleet.
The project includes purchasing chargers and electrical infrastructure to
power the new equipment. The project also includes preparing and maintaining
an emissions inventory, conducting community engagement efforts, and workforce
development.
The Delaware River and Bay Authority has been selected to receive $540,000 for
emissions inventory, reduction strategy analysis, goal setting, stakeholder
outreach, and reliance planning and evaluation and workforce planning at the
Cape May-Lewes Ferry Terminals.
The grants are funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act — the
largest investment in combating climate change and promoting clean energy in
history— and will advance environmental justice by reducing diesel air
pollution from U.S. Ports and surrounding communities while promoting
good-paying and union jobs that help America’s ports thrive.
“Our nation’s ports are critical to creating opportunity here in America,
offering good-paying jobs, moving goods, and powering our economy,” said EPA
Administrator Michael S. Regan. “Today’s historic $3 billion investment
builds on President Biden’s vision of growing our economy while ensuring
America leads in globally competitive solutions in the future. Delivering
cleaner technologies and resources to U.S. ports will slash harmful air and
climate pollution while protecting people who work in and live nearby ports
communities.”
“While our U.S. Ports are critical to the economy of the Mid-Atlantic region,
they also have a significant impact on our environment, ” said EPA
Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz. “This once-in-a-generation
effort to upgrade, modernize, and improve port equipment will have lasting
positive impacts on all those who live and work on the East Coast.”
“Our ports are vital to Delaware’s economic well-being, but for too long,
pollution from diesel emissions have disproportionately impacted the
vulnerable communities closest to them,” said U.S. Senator Tom Carper (DE),
Chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee. “Port electrification
is one solution that will clean up the air that nearby communities breathe
while also addressing the climate crisis and creating new jobs. Investing in
clean ports will put Delaware – and our nation – on the path for a
brighter future with healthier communities, cleaner air, and a stronger
economy.”
“The resiliency of Port Wilmington is crucial to the strength of our
economy, our workers, and our supply chains,” said Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester
(DE-01), member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. “I’m proud to
have delivered this significant investment in Port Wilmington through the
Inflation Reduction Act’s Clean Ports Program, which is based on my Climate
Action Planning for Ports Act. The goal of my bill was to reduce carbon
emissions to improve public health and lower the environmental impact of our
ports. Today’s investment meets that goal with urgency and equity, while
advancing the Port’s clean energy future and benefiting our environmental
justice.”
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