Oil Pollution Stimulus Transportation 
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 12, 2012
Economists view higher gasoline taxes as one solution to reducing gasoline consumption and thus air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and reliance on oil, while at the same time providing revenue to the government for highway repair and construction. government stimulus money, such as that included in the 2009 American Recovery and.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 20, 2017
The overarching objective of the study is to analyze the scale and scope of investments in low-carbon technologies in power generation, transport, buildings and industry (including heating and cooling) that are needed to facilitate such a transition in a cost-effective manner, while also working towards other policy goals.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 23, 2020
The largest one-year emissions drop California has ever achieved was at the height of the Great Recession in 2009, when climate pollution fell 6.1%. The transportation sector remains by far the largest emitting sector in California, but its share of emissions dropped from an all-time high of 41.3% in 2017 to 40.9% lower and 8.3%
Revenge of the Electric Car
APRIL 6, 2010
The policy, intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and oil consumption, is geared to a nation where most people rely on cars for transportation. In 2008, transportation accounted for 22 percent of all city carbon emissions. million metric tons of transportation emissions in 2008. That represents only 1.43 Or No Cars?
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 30, 2009
from its reliance on imported oil. Tax Credits Instead, Obama backed tax credits of as much as $7,500 inthe stimulus package approved in February for buyers of plug-incars. Oil prices are going to go up. Bush in 2003 committed$1.2 millionthis year from $211.9 million, according to the EnergyDepartment Web site.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
The California law enabling single-occupant access to the HOV lanes was meant to stimulate sales for fuel-efficient, ultra low-emission vehicles, with the goals of reducing dependence on foreign oil and saving money at the gasoline pump. While adding a single hybrid to any HOV lane at 2 a.m. 6, Issue 3 doi: 10.1257/pol.6.3.1. Policy Sales'
Green Car Congress
MAY 27, 2009
Last year people were able to get unleveraged tax equity financing to monetize the production tax credits at yields to the tax investor of 6-7%; this year tax equity investors are seeking yields ranging from 10-15% for leveraged tax equity transactions utilizing the investment tax credit that is now available under the Stimulus Bill.
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