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'Dallas-Fort Worth will get $4.3M' '$16.3M to Austin' '$2M to Bell County (Temple, 1hr S.of Waco)' 'San Antonio getting $61.6M' https://www.dallasnews.com/business/autos/2018/11/16/dallas-fort-worth-getting-millions-expected-giant-vw-cheating-scandal-settlement Dallas-Fort Worth getting millions more than expected in giant VW cheating scandal settlement 2018-11-16 Jeff Mosier [images https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1542406702-AFP_1AT9YA.jpg https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1519685083-DRC_TeslaStation5.jpg ] Dallas-Fort Worth will get $4.3 million more in funding from the Volkswagen scandal settlement than previously expected, state officials announced Friday. North Texas' cut of the money was increased from $29 million to more than $33 million in the final plan released Friday. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality divvied up a portion of its $209 million share of the Volkswagen cheating scandal money by region. "This plan is an important step toward addressing the damage that Volkswagen's fraud caused to Texas airsheds," said TCEQ Chairman, Jon Niermann, in a statement Friday afternoon. "I appreciate the extensive public participation in the development of a plan that will, in concert with other programs, invest in emission reduction projects with the highest benefit to Texas." The money will be distributed through grants to businesses and governments that have specific strategies to reduce air pollution. The proposals are likely to include the replacement of old diesel equipment with newer, less polluting models. Up to 15 percent of the money will also go toward electric car charging ... infrastructure. Electric vehicle backers make case for Texas to put millions into new charging stations [ https://www.dallasnews.com/business/autos/2018/02/26/electric-vehicle-backers-make-case-texas-put-millions-new-charging-stations ] In Friday's announcement, TCEQ officials said they would also allocate $16.3 million to the Austin area and $2 million to Bell County, both of which had been left off the previous list. TCEQ officials previously said they were sending money to areas with the worst air quality, but there was a backlash, particularly in Austin. "Gov. Greg Abbott responded to public feedback and allocated Volkswagen funds more fairly across Texas," said Adrian Shelley, director of Public Citizen's Texas office, in a statement Friday. "Austin residents purchased more polluting Volkswagens per capita than anywhere else in the state." The losers in the final plan are the San Antonio area (down $12 million), El Paso County (down $10 million), and the Beaumont-Port Arthur area (down $5.1 million). The cuts allowed for the redistribution of the money. Despite that cut, the San Antonio area is still getting the largest chunk of the settlement: $61.6 million. The TCEQ plan said this funding "presented a unique opportunity to help Bexar County" meet federal ozone standards. TCEQ set aside the money based on the percentage of violating Volkswagens in that region, ozone nonattainment status and based on where the funding is "more likely to make a difference." The $3 billion national settlement was the result of Volkswagen engineers and executives creating electronics that would fool emissions testing equipment. As a result, some Volkswagen diesel cars emitted far more nitrogen oxide, which contributes to the creation of unhealthy smog. Volkswagen's former CEO was indicted in the U.S. on federal fraud charges related to the cheating scandal. [© dallasnews.com] + https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/How-to-watch-Leonid-meteor-shower-in-Houston-texas-13398408.php Meteorite spotted streaking across Texas skies: How you can watch more in Leonid shower this weekend November 16, 2018 https://s.hdnux.com/photos/76/77/51/16513654/3/1024x1024.jpg ... https://www.rt.com/usa/444227-bright-fireball-texas-sky/ Bright fireball lights up Texas night sky (VIDEOS) Nov 16, 2018 https://youtu.be/ZVUPLwaVd2Y For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
