TDEC Announces Grants For Medium, Large Trucks
Under Volkswagen Settlement Environmental Mitigation Trust Tuesday, May 18, 2021
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Tuesday announced that 26 entities will receive $9,724,683.74 in total grant funding to replace class 4-7 local freight trucks (medium trucks) and class 8 local freight trucks (large trucks) across the state.
The total includes $3,772,646.05 for medium truck projects, and $5,952,037.69 for large truck projects. They include:
City of Athens Karns Fire Department Waste Management of Tennessee, Inc.
The pair of competitive grant programs comprise the state’s third solicitation for projects under the Volkswagen Diesel Settlement Environmental Mitigation Trust. The purpose of the EMT is to execute environmental mitigation projects that reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides.
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After some fits and starts, the Tennessee General Assembly pushed legislation through this spring that will bring a floundering, nearly dormant coal industry back under state control. It will cost nearly $1 million a year to do it, even though oversight was originally promised to be free.
Coal mines in Tennessee produced exactly the same amount of coal in the second, third and fourth quarters of last year: 0 tons. That haul, or lack thereof, continues a trend where the state of Tennessee mines less coal than all other coal-producing states but one.
Even still, lawmakers pushed the bill through with the price tag that will cost taxpayers. After it s signed by Gov. Bill Lee and after the federal government approves the move, the legislation would shift control of the coal mining industry from the federal government to state regulators. It s a move to bring back control since Tennessee lost that privilege due to poor management in the 1980s.
Gov. Lee, former Gov. Dunn celebrate 50th anniversary of Tennessee State Natural Areas
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and last updated 2021-05-04 18:00:14-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Gov. Bill Lee and former Gov. Winfield Dunn celebrated the 50th anniversary of the legislation that created Tennessee State Natural Areas.
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation hosted the event at the Netherton Overlook at Radnor Lake State Natural Area.
âWe are blessed with remarkable natural resources across our state, and Tennessee State Natural Areas preserve these sites for generations to come,â Lee said. âI am especially pleased that Governor Dunn could be with us to celebrate this outstanding work and achievement for our state.â