A few years ago, Tesla surpassed 200,000 sales in the United States. That led to the phaseout of the US federal tax credit (up to $7,500) for Tesla buyers in the US of A. GM passed the 200,000 vehicle milestone a little while later, but every other automaker can still … [continued]
Right now, as I’ve highlighted briefly before, there’s a hot negotiation underway between almost every other Democrat in the House & Senate and two Democratic Senators — Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin. Republican Party politicians are non-existent in the negotiations*, and since the US Senate is split 50–50, with Vice … [continued]
Why is Joe Manchin so intent on stopping Joe Biden’s agenda, the agenda that Biden clearly got elected to deliver?
Originally published by NRDC. By Sujatha Bergen In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer this week, 54 members of Congress called for an end to more than $120 billion in tax handouts to the fossil fuel industry. “Fossil fuel subsidies are a bad deal for American … [continued]
Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation. By Jonna Hamilton, Director of Policy in the Clean Transportation Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). As has been true for several years now, Congress is not passing much legislation through so-called “regular order,” which requires 60 votes to move … [continued]
I’ve seen a number of electric vehicle supporters quite disappointed with what is in the infrastructure bill going through Congress right now. But that’s not where the goodies were ever going to go. So I wanted to try to help out here by trying to better explain what’s going on.
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a roughly $760 billion infrastructure package they hope will be incorporated into the bipartisan infrastructure framework currently being negotiated. The INVEST in America Act includes several climate provisions, including funding for electric-vehicle charging infrastructure, railways, and measures to make infrastructure more resilient to … [continued]
Oregon Legislature Passes House Bill 2021, 100% Clean Electricity for All By 2040
The blocking of the For the People Act proves that the Senate must reform its filibuster rules.
Republicans are closing ranks to protect coal, oil, and unnatural gas companies. Why?
