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60% of $18B in US clean energy tax credits 2006-2012 went to top 20% by income; 90% in the plug-in program

Green Car Congress

A working paper by a team at the Energy Institute at Haas, University of California, Berkeley, has found that 60% of the $18 billion in US federal income clean energy tax credits issued between 2006 and 2012—e.g., Electric Vehicle Credit. Average credit per tax return, by income level.

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Governor Pataki On Board

Plug In Partners

Bruno today announced a new $10 million State program to convert vehicles in the State fleet to plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and plans for the construction of a state-of-the-art alternative fuel research laboratory at the Saratoga Technology + Energy Park (STEP). Thanks to Green Car Congress for the tip.

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Can Alt-Fuel Credits Accelerate EV Adoption?

Cars That Think

Petroleum refiners have to put a certain amount of renewable fuel—such as ethanol derived from corn or cellulose—into the U.S. If a refiner couldn’t manage it, it could buy credits, called RINs, from a supplier who did. From 2006, the RFS set a schedule of yearly obligations through 2022, with annually rising RIN targets.

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Obama embraces PHEVs

Plug In Partners

28, 2006 In this year's State of the Union address, President Bush told us that it was time to get serious about America's addiction to foreign oil. The Defense Department will also hold a competition where private corporations get funding to see who can build the best new alternative-fuel plant. We can do this in a few ways.

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