September 13, 2021 archive

EV tax credit angers excluded carmakers

  The House Ways and Means Committee will vote Tuesday on a $12,500 tax credit plan for electric vehicles, a plan drawn up by Democrats but one that already has drawn the anger of car manufacturers left out of the proposal. If Oklahoma Rep. Kevin Hern’s comments on Friday about the entire $3.5 trillion reconciliation …

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Energy news in brief

** A United Nations committee’s recently announced investigation into possible tribal treaty rights violations involving the Line 3 pipeline gives hope to opponents of the Line 5 pipeline in Michigan. ** More than 2,300 oil and chemical spills have been reported in the two weeks since Hurricane Ida, and about 900 have yet to be investigated, but the volume …

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Tesla gets around New Mexico’s ban selling cars straight to consumers

  Tesla has opened a sales, service, and delivery center in New Mexico on Native American land, The Santa Fe New Mexican reported. The move allows it to bypass legislation that bans automakers from selling their vehicles straight to consumers in the state, rather than through third-party dealers, the publication reported. Nambé Pueblo in Santa Fe County isn’t subject to the …

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