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Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

Green Car Congress

At a meeting with a bipartisan group of governors from around the country, President Barack Obama yesterday laid out three measures intended to work in concert to boost biofuels production and reduce US dependence on petroleum. President Obama. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2). Earlier post.)

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U.S. Senate, House Get Bills To Fund Electric Vehicle Rollout

All Cars Electric

While President Obama has been fumbling a legitimate response to the Gulf Oil Spill, a group of U.S. The "Electric Vehicle Deployment Act of 2010" is intended to leverage $10 billion in federal grants to make it easier to early.

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Brightline Brought High-Speed Rail to Florida. Can the Public Sector Follow?

Baua Electric

Back in the late 19th century, the oil tycoon Henry Flagler built a railroad down the states Atlantic coast that fast-tracked Floridas growth and put cities like Miami and Palm Beach on the map. billion the Obama administration offered the state to undertake high-speed passenger service between Tampa and Orlando.

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