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Beneficial Electrification League launches rural electric school bus initiative

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BEL launches this coalition effort in advance of federal funds targeted to electric school buses in the Investment in Infrastructure and Jobs Act (IIJA) passed by Congress in 2021. Northwest Iowa Power Corporation (representing 7 electric cooperatives). Oglethorpe Power Corporation (representing 38 electric cooperatives).

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MIT Energy Initiative Publishes Report on Reducing CO2 Emissions from Existing Coal Plants

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In the interim, we need a large, focused, federal program to develop and demonstrate commercial-scale technologies. Wayne Leonard, chairman and CEO of Entergy Corporation. We urgently need technology options for these plants and policies that incentivize implementation. We may not see a strong CO 2 price signal for many years.

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MIT study suggests carbon tax could help reduce US deficit, lower other taxes, reduce emissions

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—John Reilly, co-director of the Joint Program and co-author Sebastian Rausch, now at ETH Zurich University, calculated the impact a carbon tax starting at $20 per ton would have using a national economic model that details energy, taxes and household incomes. They found that the tax would raise $1.5 —Rausch and Reilly (2012).

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