Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:10:11 +0000
The transition team for the incoming administration proposes tearing up the carefully crafted EV incentives to please oil companies.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 17:52:03 +0000
The business of decarbonization is too important to wait, say experts. But merely having climate commitments that focus on 2050 isn’t sufficient, as such pledges may lull business leaders into thinking there is still some time left until they need to act. It’s not only possible but prudent for organizations … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:17:57 +0000
For the first time, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 included place-based federal tax incentives for projects located in “Energy Communities,” which might alter the economic equation of where projects should be located. Storage projects may be eligible for a 10-point increase in the Investment Tax Credit (e.g., from 30% … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:05:26 +0000
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to finalize more than $200 million in grant funding in the coming weeks to accelerate the clean energy transition at three Great Lakes shipping ports. That action will obligate the federal government to pay roughly $3 billion in grants under the program, even … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:57:49 +0000
Two large solar power plants have been approved this week, along with a new plan for more HVDC transmission lines.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:55:16 +0000
The contract to supply electric vehicles to the USPS is under attack by the Trump transition team that wants more polluting vehicles.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:40:30 +0000
We’re looking to relaunch a regular, frequent cleantech news show on YouTube. It will improve as time goes on, more co-hosts and guests will be included, and we’re open to any feedback or requests. Overall, though, you have to start (or restart) somewhere, and this is where we’re starting again. … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:21:49 +0000
New electric mail trucks have been spotted in communities across the US. It’s been all smiles for carriers since the US Postal Service launched its new fleet of electric mail trucks. What’s new with the new USPS electric mail trucks? Nearly everything, as the design of the vehicles hasn’t had … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 23:27:54 +0000
The 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credit is a top incentive for stimulating and supporting clean energy and battery manufacturing in the US. However, at the moment, there are ways that Chinese companies can benefit from this, if they build factories in the US. That is completely unacceptable to some … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:58:04 +0000
Democrats couldn’t say it, because “Green New Deal” supposedly became some kind of tainted and negative phrase (I’ll save my rant on how to win messaging battles like this for another day), but the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law combined to really basically become the “Green New Deal” … [continued]
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