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Natural-gas Cars, New Biofuels all part of Cleaner Region Future.
Article from the Northwest Indiana Times Wednesday June 9th, 2010. By Rob
Earnshaw.
Tuesday, SSCC announced a new grant to be awarded
in July allowing the creation of a Green Fleet policy. "This grant will allow us to work in Lake and Porter counties to
help clean up our air," said Carl Lisek, coordinator of South Shore
Clean Cities. Clean Cities and the Northwestern Indiana Regional
Planning Commission hosted a Clean Fleet Consortium Vehicles Expo
on Tuesday.
The grant will enable the agencies to help communities and
businesses reduce dependence on foreign oil and also with other
potential grants available not only for alternative fuel vehicles
but also region infrastructure. "We're really excited about this opportunity," Lisek said. The consortium, held at the Porter County Expo Fairgrounds, was
a chance for the public to meet with industry officials from the
transportation and energy sectors and learn about technology that
could improve the region's air quality and to assist local
government agencies that wish to implement different technologies
in their communities."The technology is changing daily, and it's very exciting,"
Lisek said. "Through a grant, you can do a lot of things with our
partnerships in Northwest Indiana. "Our diversity is our strength." Vendors at the expo included representatives from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, General Motors, Family Express,
the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Arnell Motors,
Barile Ford and Lakeshore Ford. "Most everyone here is an Indiana company," Lisek said. "By
working together, we'll clean up the air." George Paulus, sales consultant for Honda of Lisle in Illinois,
drove to the expo what he called "the cleanest car in America." The
2009 natural-gas Honda Civic is "the car of the future," Paulus
said. "The potential is there," he said. Paulus said his dealership supplies natural-gas vehicles to the
municipalities of Chicago, Des Plaines and Downers Grove. "We're hoping the government takes this into consideration and
gets the infrastructure going," he said. The Civic at the expo was priced at nearly $26,000, but Paulus
said the government offers "huge rebates." Also at the expo was the Biofuels Mobile Learning Center, a
traveling exhibit designed to explain and promote the use of
biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel. "In the last two years, we've had over 50,000 people go through
this trailer," said Fred Henderson, education consultant for the
Indiana Soybean Alliance. "We're trying to get the word out that biofuels are a
good-quality performance fuel that can be used."
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New Grants Available!
The Indiana
State Department of Health Asthma Program is funding a grant, with awards
ranging
from $2,500 to $10,000 for the period from September 1, 2010 through
August 31,
2011. If you are interested in partnering with South Shore Clean Cities
on a
grant application please contact our office at 219-365-4289.
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Crown Point, Indiana 46307
219-365-4289
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