Coalition for Clean Air
For General Operating Support
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Amount$250,000
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Program
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Date Awarded9/30/2017
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Overview
The Coalition for Clean Air’s big mission is to protect public health, improve air quality and prevent climate change. They specialize in policy advocacy and outreach in California to protect people and places threatened by air pollution and global warming. With support from this grant, the coalition will prioritize clean cars and clean freight movement policies. They will also advance the objectives of initiatives such as Charge Ahead, California Cleaner Freight Coalition and California Climate Equity Coalition.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.ccair.org
Address
660 S. Figueroa Street Suite 1140, Los Angeles, CA, 90017, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the Zero-ing in on Freight and Charge Ahead programs
The Coalition for Clean Air is a California-based environmental advocacy organization leading the work to reduce pollution from freight and goods movement in the state. With this grant, the Coalition will continue to support their Zero Emissions Freight Transportation Program and the Charge Ahead Initiative, promoting and developing specific freight mitigation measures together with other coalition partners, port and member communities and allied organizations. They target clean freight policies to reduce carbon dioxide and black carbon emissions including electric drive technologies, infrastructure improvements, and improvements on logistics. One of the priority venues is the California Air Resource Board’s Freight Strategy.
for the Zero-Ing in on Freight Program
Through this grant, the Coalition for Clean Air would focus on reducing air pollution from freight transportation in California. This is a supplemental grant to the Coalition to support their work on alternative and clean freight technologies through the Charge Ahead campaign, to increase electrification of the transportation sector in the State.
