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Port of Los Angeles Granted $412 Million From EPA to Go Electric

The port will use the funds to advance zero-emission technologies, including electric vehicles and battery charging stations.
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Port of Los Angeles Granted $412 Million From EPA to Go Electric
Shipping containers to be transported from the port of Long Beach, Calif., on Oct. 14, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Kimberly Hayek
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The Port of Los Angeles has been given an “unprecedented” $412 million grant in an effort to curb pollution and adopt more zero-emission equipment and infrastructure, said the port on Oct. 29.

The City of Los Angeles’s Harbor Department will use the funds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Ports Program to replace diesel-powered equipment with battery-electric cargo-handling equipment and zero-emission drayage trucks.
Kimberly Hayek
Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.