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gas2.org » Gas 2.0 - Oct 7, 2008
Every time the price of oil drops, the demand for that same product increases and the demand for alternate fuels, decreases. Why are gas prices falling? China Daily reported that “oil dropped more than 6 percent to …
Also tagged: oil, gasoline, oil prices, alternate fuels, falling gas prices, price of oil, rising oil prices, oil speculators, drill more use less, european gas prices, oil supplys
jalopnik.com » Jalopnik - Oct 6, 2008
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is lamenting the fact that Americans are driving less, resulting in declining gas tax revenues and decreased funding for road projects. As eTrucker reports, the federal government …
Also tagged: gas prices, dot, economic crisis, department of transportation, driving habits, gas taxes, bad roads, driving less, driving patterns, american driving, poor roads
planetizen.com » Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network - Oct 1, 2008
Norway's carbon emissions have increased 15% since imposing a carbon tax in 1991, unlike neighbor's Sweden and Denmark where emissions decreased with their carbon taxes. Unlike the oil industry which became …
Also tagged: europe, energy, technology, environment, norway, transportation, sequestration, gas prices, the wall street journal, carbon tax, government politics, oil and gas industry, community economic development
planetizen.com » Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network - Sep 27, 2008
Implementing auto regulations and restrictions or raising the gas tax is the debate amongst the public as to how to lower air pollution from the growing car population. However, getting older cars off the road may be …
Also tagged: environment, china, transportation, the wall street journal, air pollution, congestion pricing, government politics, car scrapping, parking fees
jalopnik.com » Jalopnik - Sep 8, 2008
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters is warning that the Federal Highway Trust Fund could run out of money by the end of this month, reports the AP. The fund is facing an $8.3 billion shortfall in projected revenues …
Also tagged: gasoline tax, department of transportation, gas taxes, government waste, government assistance, mary peters, transportation department, us dot, highway trust fund, gasoline taxes, highway fund, government highway fund, federal highway trust fund, road fund
truthout.org » Truthout - All Articles - Aug 11, 2008
Many of the ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will require major changes in behavior and/or impose serious costs. However, there is one mechanism that could lead to substantial reductions in emission with no …
Also tagged: insurance, risk, emissions, consumption, auto insurance, greenhouse gas, insurance premium
autobloggreen.com » AutoblogGreen - Jul 31, 2008
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Hybrid, Legislation and Policy, Green Daily, USA According to James Ray, Acting Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, the current system of deriving money for the …
Also tagged: gastax, road tax, roadtax, james ray, federalhighwayadmi, federal highway admi, jamesray, mileage tax, federalhighways, mileagetax, federal highways
taxgirl.com » taxgirl - Jul 23, 2008
There has been a lot of talk about which presidential candidate has the best tax plan for “middle class” America. It’s an interesting question because I’m not sure that anyone can actually define “middle class” anymore …
Also tagged: america, economy, individual, middle class, cost of living, elizabeth warren, economic policy institute, economic stimulus, second stimulus package
autobloggreen.com » AutoblogGreen - Jul 21, 2008
Filed under: Legislation and Policy As you may have noticed when filling your tank, the plan for a gas tax holiday put forward by presidential candidates from both party brands, never came to fruition. The idea had …
Also tagged: fuel tax, tolls, toll, gas taxes, gastax, gastaxes, fueltax, road construction, tolls vs gas taxes, tollsvsgastaxes, gas tax holiday, fuel taxes, fueltaxes, gastaxholiday, roadconstruction
conservativepulse.com » Conservative Pulse - Jul 20, 2008
So the idea of a gas tax holiday is pretty much dead in the water at this point. But, Democrats aren’t satisfied with just that. They’re now talking about adding up to a dime a gallon to the price of fuel in order to …
Also tagged: democrats, current events, energy policy