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PBF considering $550M investment to convert idled refinery unit to renewable diesel production

Green Car Congress

PBF Energy and its potential partners are considering Chalmette Refining along with other facilities for the renewable diesel project, and it expects to make a final investment decision after local taxing bodies in St. The company also is expected to utilize the state’s Quality Jobs and Industrial Tax Exemption programs.

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Driving Dystopia: New York City Pushes Through Congestion Pricing Scheme

The Truth About Cars

.& New York actually introduced the premise of adding driving fees several years ago, with similar plans dating back to the 1970s. However, formal congestion pricing didn’t come up until former mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested taxing vehicles for entering the busiest parts of NYC in 2007. New Jersey Gov.

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Progress! IRA signed into law

Electric Auto Association

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is a massive climate, health care, and tax bill with the overarching goal of slowing the rise in consumer prices that have been climbing at the fastest pace in approximately 40 years. Most comprehensive climate package in U.S. history affects EV policy. The credit can also be used toward a down payment.

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Forecast: US biodiesel production to surpass RFS target for second straight year

Green Car Congress

The US biodiesel industry is on pace to produce more than the 1.28 This growth is driven in large part by a $1-per-gallon production tax credit extended through the end of 2013 by the US Congress. In addition, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has been operating on B20 since 2000. billion gallons (4.8

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Where is Blink Charging a Verified State Vendor?

Blink Charging

Simply input your zip code, the Blink product you are interested in, and fill out the rest of the information in the form as it appears and you will see federal, state, and local commercial incentives – like tax breaks and rebates – associated with your region and the product you’ve selected.

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‘Pro-EV’ New Jersey just OK’ed the US’s highest dumb EV fee

Baua Electric

“I-95 North – Welcome to New Jersey Sign” by formulanone is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. New Jersey just signed a law approving a punitive new EV registration fee – and at $250, it’s the highest in the country. Electrek’s Take Thinking of buying a new EV in New Jersey?

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What’s In It For Me?

Creative Greenius

And because my parents cared more about eduction for their children than almost everything else, they moved us from our apartment in Brooklyn in 1968 when I was 11 to bucolic Westfield, New Jersey. . And that’s exactly the life I have enjoyed, moving to Southern California within a year of graduating high school in New Jersey.