Clean Cities Coalition Network is Celebrating 30 Years
· The Clean Cities Coalition Network is celebrating 30 years of boosting the country’s energy security, economic vitality, and quality of life by advancing affordable, efficient, and clean transportation fuels and technologies.
· Over 30 years, the network has built bipartisan support, deep connections within the transportation industry, and active partnerships with 20,000 public and private stakeholders.
· Thriving on a culture of collaborative change, coalitions harness decades of deployment expertise to continue moving our transportation systems into the future.
· More than 75 Clean Cities coalitions act locally in urban, suburban, and rural communities to help businesses and consumers meet their climate, financial, and energy goals.
· As the technology deployment arm of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office, coalitions leverage expertise from federal agencies, national laboratories, and other coalitions.
· They take this expertise back to the communities they serve, developing solutions based on a unique understanding of local needs, opportunities, and markets.
30 Years of Impact
· Clean Cities coalitions have a 30-year history of facilitating change, saving the equivalent of 13 billion gallons of gasoline and eliminating more than 67 million tons of emissions through projects using alternative fuels, and fuel-efficient technologies and strategies.
· Coalitions helped put more than 1.3 million alternative fuel vehicles on the road.
· Coalitions are instrumental in expanding alternative fuel infrastructure nationwide. Today, there are more than 58,000 fueling and charging stations in the United States.
· Starting in 1993 with 6 coalitions in Atlanta, Denver, Philadelphia, Delaware, Las Vegas, and Washington, D.C., the national network now includes more than 75 active coalitions in nearly every state and covers more than 84% of the U.S. population.
ABOUT
About the Clean Communities Coalition of Central New York
Sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE), the Clean Cities program advances the nation’s economic, environmental, and energy security by supporting local decisions to reduce petroleum consumption. The Central New York Clean Communities Coalition is one of 90 local coalitions that develops public/private partnerships to promote alternative fuels and vehicles, fuel blends, fuel economy, hybrid vehicles and idle reduction awareness.
About Clean Cities
Clean Cities strives to advance the nation’s economic, environmental, and energy security by supporting local decisions to adopt practices that contribute to the reduction of petroleum consumption. Clean Cities has a network of approximately 80 volunteer coalitions, which develop public/private partnerships to promote alternative fuels and advanced vehicles, fuel blends, fuel economy, hybrid vehicles, and idle reduction.
Barry Carr, Director of Clean Communities of CNY has been a part of the US Department of Energy’s Clean Cities and Communities Partnership for over 25 years. The Coalition, based at the Syracuse Center of Excellence provides outreach, education, and project management services to the Clean Transportation World.
Five Main Technology Areas We Focus On:
Alternative Fuels & Vehicles: According to the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) of 1992, natural gas, biodiesel, ethanol, hydrogen, electricity, propane, and methanol are the clean, domestically-found alternative fuels. By converting to alternative fuels, we are contributing to oil independence, cleaner air quality, and combatting climate change.
Fuel Blends: Blending alternative fuels with conventional fuels allows unmodified vehicles to reduce petroleum consumption and emissions.
Fuel Economy: Fuel economy refers to the amount of fuel needed to move a vehicle a given distance. Better fuel economy can save money, reduce emissions that advance global warming, reduce oil dependence, and increase energy sustainability.
Hybrid Electric Vehicles: HEVs combine the electrical benefits of high fuel economy and low emissions with the power, range, and convenience of conventional vehicles, while generally emitting fewer pollutants and greenhouse gases.
Idle Reduction: Idling vehicles wastes several billion gallons of fuels and emits large amounts of air pollution and greenhouse gases each year. Thirty seconds of idling can use more fuel than turning off and restarting the engine, so if you are stopping for more than thirty seconds, turn off the engine.
US Department of Energy (DOE) Peer Review and Training
November 2022, the US Department of Energy (DOE) held their first in-person Peer Review and Training in Denver, CO. All 78 Coalitions were represented, over 200 people attended, and Clean Communities of CNY was represented by our Director, Barry Carr, along with our Program Manager, Veronica Cason. Training in new EV software, marketing materials, and DOE incentive programs were discussed. Our Coalition was honored with two awards, including one for holding over 200 Outreach Events. Outreach and training are two of the most important goals of our Coalition; and an award for an event that reached over 400 people (Alt Wheels) was something that we are extremely proud of.
Red Rocks Park, Colorado
Clean Communities of CNY got a chance to hike in the beautiful Red Rocks Park outside of Denver while at the annual DOE gathering.