Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

A proposal for existing plants is due in 2014, with targeted file rule in 2015. 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. Energy Efficiency.

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Obama Cleaner Climate Fuel Economy 249

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2009

Authorizes the Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) to develop a low carbon fuel standard that would sunset in 2015. Requires that new electricity sources must be as least as clean as natural gas plants, effectively blocking new development of conventional coal. This is similar to legislation passed in Washington and California.

Climate Change 170

Climate Change Oregon Carbon Climate 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

Section 4122 allows state and local governmental entities to issue tax credit bonds in order to finance natural gas vehicle projects. The American Power Act funds critical investments in clean energy research and development, including renewable energy technology, advanced vehicle technologies and carbon capture and sequestration.

Gas-Electric 210

Gas-Electric Climate Gas Energy 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Under the central New Policies Scenario, automotive sales in non-OECD markets exceed those in the OECD by 2020, with the center of gravity of car manufacturing shifting to non-OECD countries before 2015. The use of coal—which met almost half of the increase in global energy demand over the last decade—rises 65% by 2035.

Oil 247

Oil Transportation Cheap Fleet 247

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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. In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions. Gases: All 6 Kyoto gases. Reduced Output.

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244