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million in 2022 Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant funding to help municipalities, schools, and businesses around the state switch to clean transportation and improve air quality in their communities. It also helps lower the level of carbondioxide, one of the greenhouse gases heating up the climate, in the air.
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