Colorado's overall goal for the use of the funds is to achieve the maximum long-term air quality benefit for the state of Colorado by stimulating demand for new classes and types of zero emission vehicles where consistent with the mitigation actions outlined in the consent decree.
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Year Published: 2019
Published by: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Summary
The State of Colorado will receive over $68.7 million from a settlement with the car manufacturer Volkswagen Group of America; the funds of which will be used to reduce air pollution in Colorado. Colorado will fund certain eligible projects to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions from the transportation sector. In addition to cutting NOx emissions, the projects that receive funding are likely to reduce ozone concentrations and emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants.