Electric Cars Generate Sweet Tax Credits
| Electric Cars Generate Sweet Tax Credits The movement towards zero emission electric cars is gaining a tremendous amount of momentum. As we move into 2010, practical electric vehicles for the vast majority of the public will be available late in the year with the release of the Nissan Leaf. If you plan to purchase an electric car in 2010, you can expect a healthy federal income tax credit to reward you. |
| Climate change has become a reality for Germany. For Germans gobal warming is no longer just about stranded polar bears and dying coral reefs. These days, millions of people are feeling the heat of climate change at home. The effects are becoming more drastic and rapid. |
| US Proposes Innovative Trade Concept to Fight Climate Change The United States supports taking “early action” to liberalize trade in products that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and believes that could spur progress in broader world trade talks on environmental goods and services, a U.S. trade official said on Wednesday. |
| Out in the Cold for Global Warming Thousands of climate advocates from around the world flocked to Copenhagen over the weekend to attend the second week of the UNs international summit on climate change.They got a chilly reception.The summit was so overbooked that the UN and/or Danish security couldn't handle registration (each side was blaming the other for the confusion). The problem, [.] |
| Coalition for Chemical Safety throws first member under the bus Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist.Mr. Joe Householder, Executive Director of the chemical industry front group, the Coalition for Chemical Safety, posted a comment the day before yesterday responding to my last blog post about a local Montana chapter of the coalition. Heres my reply:Mr. Householder: It certainly seems you want to have your [.] |
| ASARCO Settlement Provides Significant Clean Up Benefits The US Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, and the Justice Department announced this week that $1.79 billion has been paid to fund environmental cleanup and restoration under a bankruptcy reorganization of American Smelting and Refining Company LLC (ASARCO), a leading producer of copper and one of the largest nonferrous metal producers in the United States. The money from environmental settlements in the bankruptcy will be used to pay for past and future costs incurred by federal and state agencies at more than 80 sites contaminated by ASARCO mining operations in 19 states. |
| Asbestos Use Today: information from a reader Asbestos is still imported and used in the U.S. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. imported and used an estimated 1,820 tons of asbestos in 2007; see this PDF file from the USGS, please click only if you want to download the PDF. Also, the U.S. House of Representatives is considering a [.]  |
| 9,000 Buildings Burn Heating Oil From the Bottom of the Barrel About 9,000 buildings in New York City burn the dirtiest heating oils available. These heating systems emit 50% more pollution than cars and trucks combined.27% of heating oil burned in New York City is No. 4 or No. 6 oil which is responsible for 87% of heating oil soot pollution.In part because of this dirty oil, which is unrefined sludge, the city’s air fails to meet federal health-based soot pollution standards. Fortunately, the city and building managers can take clear steps to cleaner air.
This map is a companion to the report The Bottom of The Barrel [PDF], from Environmental Defense Fund and The Urban Green Building Council. The report details the threat to our air quality and offers solutions to cut soot pollution from heating systems by 95%.The report contains:
Report contents and links to each chapterView the full report [PDF].Contents:
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| The Superb Grid vs. the SuperGrid Please see the article by Sam Carana on how a larger and simultaneously more local grid can be implemented, to capture as much of the electricity being generated as possible. Read about how many parts of Europe already have surplus electricity and countries are linking their grids together toimprove efficiency.  |
| Obama joins world leaders hoping to push stalemated climate talks across finish line. Putting his personal prestige on the line, President Barack Obama dashes to Copenhagen overnight Thursday to join more than 110 other world leaders who hope they can push an interim global warming pact across the finish line. |
High-Temp Hydrogen Source from Algae Hydrogen is a strong contender to the generation-next clean and green fuel. Scientists are always trying to eliminate or minimize its drawbacks and maximize its benefits. They want to get rid of the intensive, high-energy process used when we need hydrogen as fuel. Because this process poses hurdle in the progress of hydrogen as [.]Posted in: Biofuels, Hydrogen Fuel, Inventions |
| Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars Arrive Hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars are now in the hands of consumers, with more on the way. These custom-made cars from Chevrolet, Honda and BMW are paving the way for production models of the future.  |