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DOE Turns Down V-Vehicle Loan Applications

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million to re-equip and tool an existing manufacturing facility as VVC’s first regional assembly plant in Monroe, Louisiana. The DOE conducted an extensive technical, market, financial, regulatory, credit and legal analysis following its determination that the applications were substantially complete in May 2009.

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America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto

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lithium operation – a small mine operated by Albemarle – has taxed minerals for more than 100 years, but at a rate based on each facility’s revenue. Across Texas, Louisiana and other mineral-rich states, it’s unclear who owns the millions of metric tons of lithium locked in salty brines underneath U.S.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. Until fairly recently, these US motor vehicles were non-FFVs. Current Legal Requirement for Use of Anhydrous Ethanol in the United States. 40 CFR § 80.27

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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

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It’s one thing for the American public to directly subsidize electric vehicles through tax incentives. Of the roughly 57,000 households that received the EV tax credit in 2016, nearly 80 percent had at least a six-figure income. The parties could not reach a solution and decided to end discussions. criteria pollutants. -Ed.]

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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. The federal American Clean Energy and Security Act proposes to disburse dividends via tax refunds to all U.S. nationals and legal residents.

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