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Beneficial Electrification League launches rural electric school bus initiative

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The aim of this program is straightforward: no school district or utility should miss out on that opportunity simply because they lack access to information or resources to participate in this valuable federal program. Northwest Iowa Power Corporation (representing 7 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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KORE will get conditional OK for $850M U.S. mortgage for EV battery plant

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The corporate plans to faucet the Section of Power’s Complex Era Cars Production mortgage program, which expanded with the passage of the Inflation Relief Operate in 2022. This system now trade in $412 billion in low-interest loans to firms onshoring the build of fuel-efficient automobiles and their elements.

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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 and Ed Markey (Mass.)

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