Sixteen public agencies and private businesses have been lauded as leaders for using alternative fuels to power their fleets and reduce emissions by the Regional Planning Commission. About 500 entities participate in the RPC program. Rebecca Otte, coordinator of the Southeast Louisiana Clean Fuel Partnership, told the commission that the honorees reduced their use of gas by a combined...
Sixteen public agencies and private businesses have been lauded as leaders for using alternative fuels to power their fleets and reduce emissions by the Regional Planning Commission. About 500 entities participate in the RPC program.
Rebecca Otte, coordinator of the Southeast Louisiana Clean Fuel Partnership, told the commission that the honorees reduced their use of gas by a combined 820,000 gallons and cut greenhouse emissions by 5,358 tons.
Otte also noted that more local businesses are supplying chargers for electric cars, including Whole Foods Arabella station, EZ Parking at Louis Armstrong International Airport, Nissan dealerships, Mitsubishi, Tulane University, Loyola University and the University of New Orleans.
The recognition is important, Otte said, because it demonstrates that fleet conversion to alternative fuel and technologies is paying off. Besides saving fuel and affecting air quality, "clean'' fleets allow organizations to "allocate money that would have been used for fuel to other needs," she said. "A lot of federal and state resources have decreased in the last few years.''
The honorees, with reductions in gasoline and greenhouse emissions, are:
- Regional Transit Authority, 455,199; 2,713.
- New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, 132,194; 1,639.
- Progressive Waste, 55,236; 104.
- Airport Shuttle, 42,945; 90.
- Dr. Pipe, 32,302; 61.
- Park N Fly, 31,447; 59,
- RPC Bicycle and Pedestrian Program, 27,884; 343.5
- CSX Transportation, 16,597; 206.
- Limousine Livery, 8,086; 17
- Jefferson Parish Transit, 8,086; 74
- Entergy, 4,322; 8.3.
- AT&T, 2,850; 5.
- Coca-Cola, 2,459; 30.
- Jefferson Parish, 420, 5.1.
- City of New Orleans, 176, 1.7.
- Solar Alternatives, 157, 1.