One Simple Tax Change Could Unlock More Critical Clean Energy Infrastructure
How Inserting a Key Provision Could Save Americans Billions and Accelerate the Transition to a Cleaner and More Reliable Power System
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Brazil Could Reach 2 GW Rooftop Solar By 2024 After Tax Is Dismissed
Reported last week by various news agencies, the Brazilian government has ruled that local states no longer need to tax renewable power, which could allow the country to reach 2 GW of rooftop solar by 2024. According to reports, Brazil’s government will lower profit participation contributions and social security taxes … [continued]
Survey Shows Massive Public Support For British Green Taxes, But What Do The Public Really…
A poll conducted on behalf of The Mail On Sunday by Survation has found that the public supports the idea of green levies, no matter that those same levies are being blamed for higher energy bills. The survey, released on Sunday, covered a wide ranging list of issues being faced … [continued]
This Could Be Big — Refundable Federal Tax Credit Could Remove Barrier to Community Wind
Since it will take a battle to extend federal tax credits for wind power anyway, why not make community wind development easier at the same time? Last month, President Obama’s Treasury Department released proposed reforms to a number of business taxes including the federal Production Tax Credit (PTC) for … [continued]
Cleantech Policy Round-Up (10 Stories)
Time for another round-up. This one’s on some of the top cleantech policy stories I’ve seen around in the past week or so. 1. Spain Now Allowing Net Metering for Small Power Plants! “Spain’s government passed a decree [last] Friday designed to make it easier for small power plants to … [continued]
Cancun! Wait! Democrats Get a Climate and Clean Energy Bill! (in Return for Baubles for…
The world has been dismayed by the inability of the US to pass climate legislation. At Cancun, negotiators have given up on us. But – not so fast! It now looks likely that the 111th congress will pass a renewable energy bill in the lame duck session, as promised. A … [continued]
Lowest Gasoline Taxes Since the Beginning of the Automobile
[social_buttons] One of the best ways to promote clean transportation is to discourage dirty transportation. But despite decades of Presidents saying they will reduce our dependence on fossil fuels (quotes here; video here), nothing of the sort has happened and one of the biggest culprits of pollution, the automobile, has … [continued]
U.S. Environment Not the Best for EVs
The enthusiasm is building — we’re just a few months from the U.S. launch of the first electric vehicles aimed at mainstream consumers. Nissan is touting the success of the registration program for its upcoming Leaf EV, boasting 13,000 orders for its vehicles. It is hoped across the industry (and … [continued]
"Carbon Tax" More Popular than "Cap-and-Trade" with US Voters
Well, it is a surprise to me, and probably to a lot of people. But news from the US Climate Task Force and Fortune 500 is that US voters prefer a straight carbon tax over cap-and-trade once they are educated a little bit on the two options. This is what … [continued]
Transportation in 2010
Transportation is one of the biggest parts of our lives, whether we think about it or not. How will 2010 help shape the future of transportation in the US? How should it do so? And, more specifically, what is going on in government on this matter? With an expired (in … [continued]
