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Program continues to expand and achieve greater environmental benefits The partners in an initiative to cut air pollution and protect endangered whales announced results from the 2020 program and recognized the shipping companies that successfully participated, reducing speeds to 10 knots or less in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Southern California region. The program’s new Southern California region extends from Point Arguello (in Santa Barbara County) to waters near Dana Point (by the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach).   The voluntary incentive program, called “Protecting Blue...

By Kathy Chouteau The Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) announced today a new post-pandemic compliance option for the regional Commuter Benefits Program: Telework. In the wake of state legislation in 2016, the Bay Area adopted a regional commuter benefits program requiring employers with 50 or more full-time employees to offer one of four commuter benefits options to its employees, including a pre-tax benefit enabling employees to exclude their transit costs from taxable income, as well as employer-provided transit and transit subsid...

Thu May 20, 2021 - National Edition Monarch Tractor Monarch Tractor, the world's first fully electric, driver-optional, smart tractor manufacturer, announced the first deployment of its flagship tractor at Wente Vineyards, the oldest, continuously operated family winery in the United States. This is the first of 15 pilot series deployments prior to its production deliveries in Q4 of 2021 as the company continues to electrify the agriculture industry globally. "We are thrilled to announce the ahead-of-schedule deployment of the first of several Monarch Tractors," said Praveen Penmetsa, chief ...

REGIONAL — The Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced on May 7 that Tesla, Inc., has agreed to pay a $1 million penalty and install a solar roof project

feed to stay on top of the news. The company must also create and enact a "comprehensive environmental management system, which will track all applicable environmental requirements and ensure that the company's managers are trained on what is needed to comply with them." Tesla settled on a $1 million penalty, however, the company will pay $750,000 to the agency and the remaining $250,000 will be credited after it finishes the solar-power project. "This settlement requires Tesla's compliance with Air District regulations at its Fremont facility and demonstrates the Air District's continuing e...