Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

For offsets to be credible, a ton of CO 2 -equivalent emissions from an offset project should equate to a ton reduced from a covered emission source, such as a smokestack or exhaust pipe. To be credible, as noted above, an offset should equate to an emission reduction from a direct emission source, such as a smokestack or exhaust pipe.

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Climate Change Climate Emissions 2008 218

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. In 2005, their sales increased even further, accounting for approximately 54% of all new car sales. In February, 2009, the US EPA granted Renergie, Inc. Earlier GCC post.]

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Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric 317

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

The Cantwell-Collins plan is almost exactly what Mr. Obama proposed in the campaign and after first taking office–a 100 percent auction of permits and a large tax rebate to the public. The program will reduce emissions fifteen percent below 2005 levels by 2020. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Kerry (D-Mass.)

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244