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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

Cars That Think

A specific challenge would-be-conversions must face is that the NRC’s standards—both for atmospheric pollution and for the amount of radiological material a reactor can release—are much tighter than federal standards for coal plants. If Wyoming will be the first, there are signs that it won’t be the last. In Kemmerer, Wyo.,

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ICCT study finds state EV incentives playing a significant role in driving sales

Green Car Congress

On the other hand, Mississippi, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and Wyoming are examples of states offering nearly no benefits to electric vehicle owners, and have nearly no EV sales. While the federal tax credit of $7,500 per vehicle may be thought to be the major factor in consumer decision making in the U.S., Whereas California has over 2.4%

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Republicans introduce bill that would hand US EV lead to China

Baua Electric

Republicans have introduced a bill to eliminate the US EV tax credit in the Inflation Reduction Act, with the effect of slowing US progress on EV manufacturing, thus handing the lead in EV manufacturing to China. These credits were an extension and expansion of the $7,500 EV tax credit first introduced in 2008.

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