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ICLEI's Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Initiatives

Clean School Bus Project
The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic RCC is working with five local governments in the Northeast: Hamden, CT; Brattleboro, VT; Cambridge, MA; Springfield, MA; and Syracuse, NY, to upgrade their area diesel school buses with new technologies and cleaner-burning fuels. The efforts of these municipalities will help clean the air, protect children’s health, and reduce global warming pollution. Over the course of this grant, ICLEI will produce a Clean School Bus Toolkit to provide the resources, guidance and educational outreach materials local governments will need to retrofit their area school buses with pollution control devices, use cleaner-burning fuels, and reduce idling by their bus drivers on and around school grounds. This project is graciously funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Coming soon: ICLEI case studies, as well as toolkits on school-bus biodiesel, anti-iding, and retrofits. For more information, contact Courtney Forrester or view the EPA Clean School Bus USA page.
CleanAir CABS
ICLEI is working with the City of Boston to implement the CleanAir CABS project to promote the adoption of hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles as taxi cabs to replace the existing fleet. By converting traditional cabs to “clean” cabs and providing educational and financial resources to cab owners and drivers, ICLEI will help Boston cut global warming and air pollution and reduce the burden of fuel cost and occupational health hazards.
New England Cities Project
The New England Cities Project is a comprehensive program designed to accelerate the implementation of municipal activities which generate reductions in overall energy use, greenhouse gas, and air pollutant emissions. The Project, generously sponsored by the Kendall Foundation, will assist approximately ten ICLEI member municipalities in New England in implementing climate mitigation strategies by developing targeted technical assistance guides that will facilitate the implementation of activities that significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Project will explore strategies for analyzing existing climate policies as well as methods for creating and implementing new policies. At the conclusion of the Project, case studies, technical toolkits, and a quantification guide will be created to detail the successes, obstacles, and opportunities for other municipalities to undertake similar initiatives. For more information, please contact Missy Stults.
Transportation and Climate Change Project
Since 2005, through the generous support of the Surdna Foundation, ICLEI has worked with five local governments in the Northeast region to conduct greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions inventories for their transportation sectors, and in developing action plans that reduce total vehicle miles traveled (VMT) through land use planning and smart growth techniques. Now in Phase II, the Project is currently focusing on implementation of the action plans and in addressing issues that were identified by the local governments as primary barriers to implementation. For more information and resources from the Project, please visit the Project's webpage or contact Angela Vincent.

State Networks in the Region

Massachusetts CCP® Network
The longest running state network within ICLEI's Cities for Climate Protection Campaign, still meets on a quarterly basis and maintains a Massachusetts email group to discuss common challenges and opportunities, collaborate on ways to work with the state government, and alert each other to upcoming events and training. For more information, please contact Missy Stults.
Maryland Municipal Climate Protection Network
Launched in the fall of 2006, this ambitious group of committed municipalities has a wealth of experience and knowledge with climate protection. In collaboration with ICLEI, EPA, and various state-wide stakeholders, these municipalities are sharing their expertise and resources, working to spread and intensify climate protection across the state. For more information, please contact Angela Vincent.
Virginia Municipal Climate Protection Network
The newest of the Northeast’s state networks, this collection of municipalities is quickly growing to include local governments across the state, working to support each other as they lead their state venturing into the arena of climate protection. For more information, please contact Angela Vincent.

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