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Category Archives: Transportation
The Dual-Fuel Vehicle Incentive Program
The dual-fuel vehicle incentive program was established in the late 1980s to stimulate the use of alternative fuels by increasing the production and sale of alternative fuel vehicles. It gives automakers extra credit toward meeting fuel economy standards in exchange … Continue reading
FAQ: Current Ethanol Tax Credits and Our Clean Fuel Future
What is the VEETC? The Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) is an expensive and ineffective biofuels policy that has outlived its original purpose. Under the tax credit, the government pays oil companies and other fuel suppliers 45¢ for every … Continue reading
Automaker Rankings 2010: The Environmental Performance of Car Companies
In a photo finish, Honda claimed a narrow victory over Toyota and Hyundai as the Greenest Automaker in the Union of Concerned Scientists’ 2010 comprehensive environmental rankings. Tweet
Smart Bioenergy: Guiding Sustainable Bio-based Energy and Fuels Development
New! Water Use and Biofuels: How we choose to produce biofuels—which crops are used, how and where they are grown—can mean the difference between a wise resource strategy and a wasteful and destructive one. Tweet
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Jobs, Energy, and Fuel Economy
The economic growth of our nation is tied to technology. From the steam engine and the automobile to the microchip and the Internet, a “can do” attitude of aggressive technology development and implementation has created millions of jobs and enormous … Continue reading
Highlights from World Biofuels Markets 2011
See what makes the World Biofuels Markets Conference and Exhibition the must attend event of the year for the leaders of the Biofuels industry Tweet
Gasoline Could Cost Consumers an Extra $150 Billion in 2011
A poll reported in this morning’s Wall St. Journal (subscription) indicated that more Americans are significantly affected by high gas prices than by rising food prices, falling home values, unemployment or foreclosures. That’s a surprising result, considering that transportation fuel only … Continue reading
Good for Exxon Does Not Mean Good for American People
The oil and gas industry public relations organizations are spinning up in response to the New York Times pieces on the long term viability of natural gas produced by hydraulic fracturing. Several commentaries appeared yesterday that are worth discussing. Tweet
