{"id":477,"date":"2024-11-04T14:34:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T06:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/port-of-los-angeles-receives-412-million-towards-zero-emission-transition\/"},"modified":"2024-11-04T14:34:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T06:34:51","slug":"port-of-los-angeles-receives-412-million-towards-zero-emission-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/port-of-los-angeles-receives-412-million-towards-zero-emission-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Port of Los Angeles receives $412 million towards zero-emission transition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"max-width:900px; margin:0 auto; background-color:rgb(246,246,246); padding:20px;line-height:30px\">\n<p><strong>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\u2019s Clean Ports <\/p>\n<p>Program has given the Port of Los Angeles an unprecedented $412 million grant to <\/p>\n<p>help the zero-emission (ZE) transition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1730702039561186-1.jpg\" alt=\"Port of Los Angeles receives $412 million towards zero-emission transition\" title=\"Port of Los Angeles receives $412 million towards zero-emission transition\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; padding:20px 0px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The port and its corporate sector partners will match the EPA award with <\/p>\n<p>another $236 million, bringing the total new investment in ZE initiatives at the <\/p>\n<p>Port of Los Angeles to $644 million.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Mayor, Karen Bass, said: \u201cWith this funding, the nation\u2019s <\/p>\n<p>busiest port will be able to continue to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and <\/p>\n<p>improve air quality.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether, in partnership with the federal government, industry, labor, and <\/p>\n<p>environmental justice groups, we are building a greener and healthier Los <\/p>\n<p>Angeles. L.A. will continue to lead on innovative infrastructure and <\/p>\n<p>sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The additional funds will be used to purchase almost 425 pieces of <\/p>\n<p>battery-electric, human-operated ZE cargo-handling equipment, establish 300 new <\/p>\n<p>ZE charging stations and supporting infrastructure, and deploy 250 ZE drayage <\/p>\n<p>vehicles.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The award will also cover $50 million for a community-led ZE grant program, <\/p>\n<p>workforce development, and other engagement efforts.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>California U.S. Senator, Alex Padilla, stated: \u201cThe San Pedro Bay ports <\/p>\n<p>move the goods that power our economy. This historic investment of over $400 <\/p>\n<p>million in the Port of Los Angeles is a monumental step forward in accelerating <\/p>\n<p>the zero-emission infrastructure transition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, we\u2019re decarbonising our supply <\/p>\n<p>chain to produce cleaner air and protect public health in Southern California <\/p>\n<p>communities while building toward our essential zero-emission goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In October, the U.S. EPA awarded the Port of Oakland $322 million to <\/p>\n<p>accelerate the Oakland Seaport\u2019s transition to nearly 100 per cent zero-emission <\/p>\n<p>cargo handling operations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\u2019s Clean Ports Program has given the Port of Los Angeles an unprecedented $412 million grant to help the zero-emission (ZE) transition.The port and its corporate sector partners will match the EPA award with another $236 million, bringing the total n&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"hj_lang":[3],"class_list":["post-477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477"},{"taxonomy":"hj_lang","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hj_lang?post=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}