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About the Collaborative
The West Coast Collaborative (Collaborative) is an ambitious
partnership between leaders from federal, state, and local
government, the private sector, and environmental groups committed
to reducing diesel emissions along the West Coast. Partners
come from all over Western North America, including California,
Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Hawaii,
Canada and Mexico.
The Collaborative is focused on creating, supporting and implementing
diesel emissions reductions projects. To accomplish this goal,
the Collaborative:
- Raises awareness of the need for diesel emissions reductions
and the many highly successful state, tribal, local, and regional
efforts that promote and support voluntary projects;
- Creates a forum for information sharing among diesel emissions
reductions advocates, and works to leverage significant new
resources to expand voluntary diesel emissions mitigation efforts;
and
- Implements projects that are regional in scope, leverage
funds from a variety of sources, achieve measurable emissions
reductions, and create momentum for future diesel emissions
mitigation efforts.
The Collaborative is organized around in five sector workgroups
that meet regularly by teleconference and occasionally face-to-face:
The Collaborative is an integral part of the National Clean
Diesel Campaign. The Collaborative also helps coordinate
regional efforts for cleaner fuels and the Clean School Bus
USA program. EPA launched, but does not control the Collaborative.
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