Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

A bi-partisan Congressionally-created commission has recommended a shift from motor fuel taxes to direct fees charged to transportation infrastructure users—i.e., a federal mileage fee—as a way to reform financing of the US transportation infrastructure. The nation faces a crisis. Summary of revenue options. Click to enlarge.

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Mileage Tax Fuel Tax Tax Financing 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2011

Gillard said that by 2020, this would cut emissions by some 160 million tonnes per year. During the flexible price period, an overall cap will be placed on Australia’s annual greenhouse gas emissions from all sources of pollution covered by the carbon price. Transport fuels will be excluded from the carbon pricing mechanism.

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Tax Credit Fuel Tax Carbon Australia 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The new goal is that efficiency standards for appliances and federal buildings set in the first and second terms combined will reduce carbon pollution by at least 3 billion metric tons cumulatively by 2030—equivalent to nearly one-half of the CO 2 emissions from the entire US energy sector for one year.

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Obama Cleaner Climate Fuel Economy 249