2009, Coal, Grant and Tax

US and China Presidents Announce US-China Electric Vehicles Initiative, Six Other Measures to Strengthen Cooperation Between the Countries on Energy Issues

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

The US-China Electric Vehicles Initiative builds on the first-ever US-China Electric Vehicle Forum in September 2009. Building on the success of the first-even US-China Electric Vehicles Forum in September 2009, the United States and China will sponsor the event annually, alternating between the two countries. 21 st Century Coal.

China

China Coal Electric Vehicles Energy

EIA Energy Outlook 2011 more than doubles estimates of US shale gas resources; higher production at lower prices

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The technically recoverable unproved shale gas resource is 827 trillion cubic feet (as of 1 January 2009) in the AEO2011 Reference case, 474 trillion cubic feet larger than in the AEO2010 Reference case, reflecting additional information that has become available with more drilling activity in new and existing shale plays.

Gas

Gas 2011 Price Energy

CMU study finds that HEVs and PHEVs with small battery packs offer more emissions and oil displacement benefits per dollar spent than large pack PHEVs and BEVs; policy implications

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

combined these externality values with data on US driving patterns from the 2009 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) and data on manufacturing, fuel cycle, and operation emissions from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) to estimate US lifecycle damages for each vehicle. All dollar values are in year 2010 US dollars. Click to enlarge.

PHEV

PHEV Oil Emissions Battery

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The Department is also streamlining its Rural Energy for America program to provide grants and loan guarantees directly to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for energy efficiency and renewable energy systems. Providing a toolkit for climate resilience. Leading international efforts for GHG emission reductions and adaptation.

Obama

Obama Cleaner Fuel Economy Climate

The Budget 2009 - working towards sustainable transport

Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2009

Increasing company car benefit in kind tax in the future for all but the lowest carbon cars. Reforms to VED have been confirmed as anticipated and the new 13-band system will come into effect from 1st May 2009. From April 2010 anyone buying a new car will pay a different rate of vehicles tax in the first year of registration.

Sustainable Transportation

Sustainable Transportation 2009 Transportation Tax

Obama gives $2.4bn Jump Start To Battery Makers

Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 20, 2009

billion competitive grant program for US battery makers. Obama At A Town Hall Meeting in Los Angeles, California - March 19, 2009. billion grant program to aid electric cars. billion grant program to aid electric cars. During a visit to Southern California Edison’s Pomona EV test facility, he launched a $2.4

Obama

Obama Los Angeles Battery Batteries

Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

He identified three major themes in 2009 for renewable energy: “ Energy markets are undergoing their most fundamental changes since the 1930s; cap and trade is the most complex issue outside of health care; and schisms exist within the energy community that will grow stronger over time. Is tax equity dead? Billion vs. $28.3

Financing

Financing Renewable Stimulus Package Energy

Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

by enacting a carbon tax or setting emission limits for each source type (“command-and-control)—the option to use offsets is generally discussed in the context of a cap-and-trade regime. coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Emissions 2008

Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

The current status of my case with Torrance is, the day the article came out (on April 28, 2009) I got a call from the Planning Dept. You pay your taxes on-line. You pay your corporate taxes on-line. THE HOLY GRAIL OF SOLAR: $3 A WATT, CHEAPER THAN COAL. And at sub $3 you’re cheaper than coal. We’re behind Spain!

Solar

Solar Installation California Building

The Most Powerful Greenius In America

Creative Greenius

JULY 19, 2009

Indeed I am talking about Big Dick Cheney, who in addition to his many other immoral and criminal acts also shamelessly promoted the excessive use of oil, coal, gasoline and other fossil fuels by encouraging Americans to use all the energy they could afford to put on their credit cards. The Big Dick Cheney Effect.

America

America Power Powered Climate Change

GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Posted by: AJ | Apr 13, 2009 3:24:59 PM Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996. Posted by: Na | Apr 13, 2009 4:28:53 PM 18 models that get 30 mpg, yeah right! Posted by: J-Bob | Apr 13, 2009 4:48:10 PM "Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996. It is 12 years later.

Volt

Volt GM Chevrolet EV1

Stimulus Bill Provides Major Increase in Plug-in Vehicle Purchase Credit Program

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

It also made significant changes in the current plug-in vehicle tax credit program, including increasing the limit from a program total of 250,000 vehicles to a maximum of 200,000 plug-ins per manufacturer. Tax Credits for Plug-ins. The credit terminates after 2009, 2010, or 2014, depending on the type of vehicle.

Stimulus

Stimulus Plug-in Purchase Plug

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. RGGI took effect and began regulating CO 2 emissions on January 1, 2009.

Gas

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

EV Driven

US and China Presidents Announce US-China Electric Vehicles Initiative, Six Other Measures to Strengthen Cooperation Between the Countries on Energy Issues

EIA Energy Outlook 2011 more than doubles estimates of US shale gas resources; higher production at lower prices

CMU study finds that HEVs and PHEVs with small battery packs offer more emissions and oil displacement benefits per dollar spent than large pack PHEVs and BEVs; policy implications

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

The Budget 2009 - working towards sustainable transport

Obama gives $2.4bn Jump Start To Battery Makers

Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

The Most Powerful Greenius In America

GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Stimulus Bill Provides Major Increase in Plug-in Vehicle Purchase Credit Program

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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