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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 Material is being financed and procured through the New York Power Authority. NJ Transit, New Jersey: $250,000. billion have been made available for transit improvements throughout the US. The DOT is making $48.1

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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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. Financing Investments and Other Public Expenditures. Allowance value can be used to finance government expenditures of various kinds.

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