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Can Targeted Tax Credits Bring Clean Energy to Coal Country?

Energy Institute at HAAS

At the heart of this deal are billions of dollars in clean energy tax … Continue Reading Can Targeted Tax Credits Bring Clean Energy to Coal Country? The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is a big climate deal.

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Mini Strip concept, hydrogen from coal, EV tax credit limits: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Looking at end use, hydrogen from coal is dirtier than coal combustion. The Senate votes to reel in an EV tax credit expansion, although it might not mean much yet. “Blue” hydrogen production facilities using coal or fossil fuels, such as. And Mini shows how stripped-down it can get with an EV.

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

Cars That Think

On a planet aspiring to become carbon neutral, the once-stalwart coal power plant is an emerging anachronism. It is true that, in much of the developing world, coal-fired capacity continues to grow. But in every corner of the globe, political and financial pressures are mounting to bury coal in the past.

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Major deposits of rare earth elements reported at Ramaco’s Brook Mine in Wyoming

Green Car Congress

In association with researchers from the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and analysts at mining consultancy Weir International, metallurgical coal producer Ramaco Resources released an independent Exploration Target report with technical assessment of rare earth elements (REE) found at its Brook Mine in Wyoming.

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EV tax credit, China vs US, hydrogen survival, Chevy vs Tesla, electric coal-hauling: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

in the electric-car battle, Congress may have saved the EV tax credit, an electric cargo ship that hauls coal, and thoughts on Tesla versus Chevy. Today, a prediction China will wallop the U.S. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid, cheap renewables, tax credits: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

A new report shows that building new renewable power can be cheaper than running old coal plants. Automakers join forces to lobby for extending electric-car tax credits. California regulatory documents show range estimates for the new Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid. And California preps for half a million electric cars.

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Sen. Manchin, whose state was built by unions, joins Toyota to oppose union-made EV credit

Electrek

West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin – whose state’s banner industry, coal mining, has been largely unionized and been central to the US labor movement since soon after its inception – today called the proposed $4,500 union-made EV tax credit “wrong” and “not American.” more… The post Sen.