Resource Type: Policy
Website for the Oregon DEQ Community Air Action Planning program, which aims to begin improving local air quality in historically overburdened areas through a collaborative process of community-led action.
Website for the South Carolina Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program. Provides an example of how to structure a subaward program to fund local projects using US Department of Energy funds.
Website for the Maryland Idle Free MD program, providing a toolkit with communications and outreach materials.
Website providing information on Michigan’s supplemental environmental projects program, which manages environmentally beneficial projects that are not required by state or federal law, but an alleged violator agrees to undertake as part of a settlement of an enforcement action. SEPs are projects that go beyond what is legally required to return to compliance with applicable state and federal laws.
Website for the Complete Streets initiative. Complete Streets approach integrates people and place in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of our transportation networks. The National Complete Streets Coalition works to ensure streets prioritize safety over speed, balance the needs of different modes, and support local land uses, economies, cultures, and natural environments.
Website for the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s vehicle idling reduction program. Includes messaging/communication and technical resources that can be used to establish local anti-idling programs.
Website for NY City Clean Trucks Program, providing an example of how a city can structure a program to replace, retrofit, or scrap heavy duty diesel trucks
Website providing information about the Ohio EPA Emission Reduction Credit Banking Program
Website providing links to three examples of Michigan city ordinances for open burning.
Website for SC Breathe Better anti-idling campaign, which is focused on reducing idling near schools and local businesses.
