University Of Houston Diesel Testing Center Teams With State Transportation Agency To Cut Emissions

The Texas Diesel Testing and Research Center at the University of Houston, in partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to test a system designed to reduce emissions produced by construction vehicles. “Improving air quality is one of TxDOT’s five core goals, and this grant helps us to accomplish that mission,” TxDOT Deputy Executive Director Steve Simmons said.

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Filed under: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture on June 25th, 2009