Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2021

finds that private jets are 10 times more carbon-intensive than airliners on average, and 50 times more polluting than trains in terms of CO 2 emitted per passenger-km. The study highlights the continued use of private jets last year despite the pandemic. —Andrew Murphy, Aviation Director at T&E.

Emissions 418

Emissions CO2 France Pollution 418

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Diesel is currently taxed at a lower level than gasoline in Europe; however, since 2011 the EC has been considering reversing that situation by making energy taxes systematically reflect the CO 2 performance of the energy product.

Tax 294

Tax Gasoline Diesel Europe 294

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Greater reliance on energy taxation is needed to strengthen efforts to tackle the principal source of both greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, according to a new OECD report. Taxes are effective at cutting harmful emissions from energy use, but governments could make better use of them. —“Taxing Energy Use 2018”.

Climate Change 170

Climate Change Climate Tax Energy 170

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2010

users pay for the construction and maintenance of roads via a federal fuel tax. Revenues from the tax go into the federal Highway Trust Fund, which is independent of the General Fund; every five years or so Congress passes an authorization bill to allocate these revenues. States use similar mechanisms. —Huang et al.

Transportation 199

Transportation Fuel Tax Tax Gasoline-Electric 199

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

Those policy options, when combined, could lead to a zero-carbon transportation system by 2045, while also improving equity, health and the economy. A second study led by UC Santa Barbara was released simultaneously. The state funded the two studies through the 2019 Budget Act.

Transportation 186

Transportation California Davis Carbon 186

EV Adoption

MARCH 9, 2021

. – President Biden has pledged to build 500,000 new plugs over the next decade, in an effort to cut emissions from highways that are currently the single largest source of carbon emissions. 580 battery EV drivers were surveyed in the study. – March 5, via PlugShare. – March 2, via TechCrunch. Cloud Times.

GM 52

GM Hummer GMC Batteries 52