Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2019

Efforts to shift away from fossil fuels and replace oil and coal with renewable energy sources can help reduce carbon emissions but do so at the expense of increased inequality, according to a new study by researchers at Portland State University (PSU) and Vanderbilt University. —Julius McGee.

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Renewable Energy Portland Climate Change 292

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. As legislation worked its way through Congress, Jenkins’s team provided elected officials, staffers, and stakeholders with a running tally of the possible trade-offs and payoffs in emissions, jobs, and economic growth.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Emissions 88

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Specific recommendations include: Invest in clean renewable energy, in particular taking advantage of solar and wind power resources and reducing reliance on coal, oil, and gas.

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Africa Pollution 2019 Ethiopia 397

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2012

Three different carbon tax scenarios are analyzed: no carbon tax, $55/metric ton carbon tax and $110/metric ton carbon tax. This break-even crude oil price compares favorably with the literature estimated prices of fuels from alternate biochemical and thermochemical routes. —Singh et al.

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Oil Prices Tax Coal Hydrogen 236

Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2012

Since then, support for expanding production of oil and other traditional sources has increased among most demographic and political groups; the shift among Republicans has been particularly pronounced. Opinion about tax cuts for energy companies is about where it was in 2008.

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Fuel Coal Production Oil 291

Creative Greenius

MARCH 8, 2009

In a deal brokered by the city’s newly commissioned Citizens Environmental Task Force, Exxon/Mobil, owners of the Exxon/Mobil Refinery in the City of Torrance agreed today to fund a bond that will make low cost financing of solar energy systems for home and apartment owners. It’s a pretty good idea isn’t it?

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Financing Solar Climate Change Re-Charge 150

Creative Greenius

APRIL 22, 2012

You can go to events where you recycle your old paper tax records, your motor oil, your cellphone, computers and other electronics. . You can go to festivals and visit the booths of green nonprofits and solar energy companies, take part in composting workshops, learn about wildlife protectors and electric car companies.

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Climate Change Coal Los Angeles Solar 255

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

billion went to traditional sources—such as coal and oil—and $2.3 Most of the largest subsidies to fossil fuels were written into the US Tax Code as permanent provisions. The vast majority of subsidy dollars to fossil fuels can be attributed to just a handful of tax breaks, such as the Foreign Tax Credit ($15.3

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Renewable Tax Credit Climate Change Fuel 338

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2012

Over the last three years, we’ve opened millions of new acres for oil and gas exploration, and tonight, I’m directing my administration to open more than 75 percent of our potential offshore oil and gas resources. Right now—right now—American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years.

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Obama Clean Cleaning All-Electric 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

The increase reflected several influences, according to the report, including a boom in solar installations in China and Japan—totalling $74.9 Wind, solar, biomass and waste-to-power, geothermal, small hydro and marine power contributed an estimated 9.1% Investment in solar jumped 29% to $149.6 billion), India ($7.4

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2014 Renewable 2013 Wind 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2012

Very broadly, the report lays out an agenda to “Invest in Our Future” through education and innovation, “Build on Our Strengths” in the critical sectors of energy and manufacturing, and “Play to Win” by making overdue tax and regulatory reforms to stay competitive. America must do likewise.

Renewable 236

Renewable Energy Fuel Coal 236

Cars That Think

AUGUST 17, 2022

The US legislation, known as the Inflation Reduction Act, was signed into law by President Joe Biden on 16 August, after being passed in Congress along party lines earlier in the month. The bill provides tax credits to producers of low-carbon hydrogen at a rate that depends on how much carbon is emitted during production, among other factors.

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Hydrogen Economy Tax Credit Gas-Electric 106

Creative Greenius

APRIL 22, 2012

You can go to events where you recycle your old paper tax records, your motor oil, your cellphone, computers and other electronics. . You can go to festivals and visit the booths of green nonprofits and solar energy companies, take part in composting workshops, learn about wildlife protectors and electric car companies.

Climate Change 150

Climate Change Coal Los Angeles Solar 150

Creative Greenius

JUNE 4, 2011

Indeed as it turned out he knew far more than the President or any member of Congress did on the subject but none of them cared because Gore’s personality and persona didn’t work on TV. The USA got the leap on everyone else with solar, wind and other fossil free energy as well as electric cars and other alternative fuel vehicles.

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Al Gore Gore Sierra Congress 277

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

trillion FY 2011 Budget to the US Congress. billion in tax subsidies for oil, coal and gas industries. 302 million for solar energy. Solar energy. President Obama today transmitted the proposed $3.8-trillion increase over FY 2009 actuals and a 7.4% increase over FY 2010 estimates. 123 million for wind energy.

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2011 Energy Obama 2010 231

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 26, 2021

A lot has been made of the fact that the infrastructure bill Democrats and Republicans are ready to pass is extremely watered down and leaves out basically all of the priorities of progressive Democrats, including the exciting cleantech and climate provisions we’ve been writing about (such as extension and expansion of the federal EV tax […]. (..)

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Climate Tax Water Climate Change 88

Creative Greenius

MAY 3, 2009

Consider this fair and legal warning, world’s largest and most polluting oil company - I’m giving you 10 years to pack up and hit the road. It’s the 2nd biggest product Exxon/Mobil and their pals in the oil, coal and gas industries pump out. Otherwise I will have you evicted and we will seize your assets.

Pollution 292

Pollution Gas Climate Change Carbon 292

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

This represents the second highest increase in geothermal power capacity over a calendar year since the production tax credit (PTC) was extended to geothermal in 2005, and a 5% percent increase over 2011 year-end data. In 2012, seven new geothermal projects and additions came online in three different states.

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2012 California Energy Hawaii 303

Creative Greenius

JUNE 4, 2011

Indeed as it turned out he knew far more than the President or any member of Congress did on the subject but none of them cared because Gore’s personality and persona didn’t work on TV. The USA got the leap on everyone else with solar, wind and other fossil free energy as well as electric cars and other alternative fuel vehicles.

Al Gore 150

Al Gore Gore Sierra Congress 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Dr. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “ Is tax equity dead?

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Financing Renewable Stimulus Package Energy 150

Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 18, 2007

The reality, however, is no removal of tax breaks for Big Oil; no 15% renewables standard for utilities; no plug-in hybrid incentives. Incentives for wind and solar were stripped out, as well, according to Sen. We're pretty disappointed," said Rhone A.

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Energy San Francisco Tax Credit Tax 100

Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2011

These efforts will likely be achieved through continued renewable and clean energy development, infrastructure overhaul, new limits on pollutants and through the establishment or broader adoption of resource and environmental taxes, along with plans to introduce pilot cap-and-trade mechanisms for both carbon and various pollutants.

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Carbon Chinese Economy Climate Change 220

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2013

While natural gas is often cheaper than oil and gives off fewer emissions, developing the resource comes with risks, especially for smaller nations. A major joint research project has therefore been investigating the use of concentrated solar power to produce both electricity and desalinated seawater. billion in taxes.

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Cyprus MIT Gas Gas-Electric 261

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The largest percentage increases we recommend compared to 2009 funding levels are for energy storage, buildings, bioenergy, and solar photovoltaics. The remainder of the funding should go to other areas, including Basic Energy Sciences, the report by the team from the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs suggests.

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Energy Clean Cleaning Carbon 231

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The draft plan also includes two alternative strategies—one that relies on more direct regulations, and one that includes a carbon tax. To date, approximately $3.4 billion has been invested.

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California Climate Change Climate Pollution 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. It is much more than that.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2013

Although the industry has reduced its consumption of fossil fuels by a number of measures such as using increasingly thermally efficient diesel engines in recent decades, the current total fuel oil consumption is in excess of 350 million tonnes per year (about 98.5 billion gallons US). Medium- to long-term options.

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Engine Future Carbon Power 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The grants, funded by a portion of the state’s annual utilities gross receipts tax, are intended to encourage new markets for alternative fuels, fleets and technologies across Pennsylvania. will receive $15,360 to construct two solar-powered charging stations for electric vehicles. The projects are: Natural Gas.

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Alternative Fuels Pennsylvania Gas Grant 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates, “hidden” costs of energy production and use—such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health—that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them. of the estimated total.

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2005 Cost Of Energy Coal 246

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

Carbon tax: Californians are more in favor (56% support, 35% oppose) of taxing companies for their emissions but are sharply divided along party lines on this issue as well, with 73% of Democrats in favor and 60% of Republicans opposed. Independents are divided (47% support, 44% oppose). Energy sources and automobile efficiency.

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Economy Los Angeles Climate Change 2008 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Since heavy-duty vehicles are expected to account for 40% of increased oil use through 2030, it will encourage the adoption of heavy duty natural gas vehicles as well. Going forward, the Administration will promote fuel-switching from coal to gas for electricity production and encourage the development of a global market for gas.

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Obama Cleaner Climate Fuel Economy 249

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Individuals and businesses lose months and connect fees when they add solar and other forms of renewable energy to the grid. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil.

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Grid Electric Vehicles Vehicles Oil-Sands 28

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

In an interview on Tuesday, Schurr said that he planned to tell members of Congress that smart-grid technologies are already available and can deliver substantial improvements in efficiency. Smart-grid technologies are not required to make larger use of wind and solar power but they can make them less expensive, Schurr said.

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Wind Grid Green Electric Cars 34

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Once the oil pressure builds up to a sufficient level, we run the engine at zero load, at which point we disconnect the two again. The coolant loop for the TFSI also incorporates the oil cooler for the S tronic. hours; Optional solar power installation with rebates through SunPower; and. federal tax credit of $4,168).

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Audi Plug-in Plug Hybrid 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Next ‘Better Place’ Is Australia New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Tesla Motors to Build Battery Packs for Other Car Makers Previous post Group Says European Cap-and-Trade System Reduced Emissions Next post Cutting Costs With Solar Walls From 1 to 25 of 29 Comments 1 2 Next » 1. Oil is the alternative.

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Grid Green Electric Cars Cars 47

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. The Cantwell-Collins plan is almost exactly what Mr. Obama proposed in the campaign and after first taking office–a 100 percent auction of permits and a large tax rebate to the public.

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies, and now they expect us to believe that they are just so cutting edge now? GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies" GM "killed" that experiment because it wasnt even CLOSE to being cost effective. Engineering proptypes enjoy a tax break.

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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41