WASHINGTON - The Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 (HR 4853), passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama on Dec. 17, includes extensions of two key incentives for natural gas vehicles. In addition, the law extends the ethanol tax credit through 2011, and retroactively extends the biodiesel tax incentive and the renewable diesel incentive through 2011.
Read More →SEAL BEACH, CA - Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has entered into a securities purchase agreement to acquire Wyoming Northstar Inc. and its affiliates for approximately $10.9 million in cash.
Read More →BOSTON - Two Connecticut taxi cab companies -- Metro Taxi in West Haven, Conn., and the Yellow Cab Co. in Bloomfield, Conn. -- have each ordered 20 compressed natural gas (CNG) versions of the Ford Transit Connect Taxi for their fleets.
Read More →EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Clean Vehicle Solutions LLC, a small vehicle manufacturer, and BAF Technologies Inc. have entered a joint agreement to drive installations of BAF CalComp natural gas (CNG) systems through Clean Vehicle Solutions' small vehicle manufacturing facility in New Jersey.
Read More →DALLAS - AT&T has added the 2,000th compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle into its corporate vehicle fleet -- a Ford E250 van deployed in San Leandro, Calif. This milestone is part of a $565 million planned investment announced in March 2009 to replace approximately 15,000 fleet vehicles with alternative-fuel models through 2018.
Read More →PASADENA, CA - CALSTART, a leading clean transportation consortium, is teaming with Southern California Gas Co. to hold a one-day workshop titled, "Jumpstarting Renewable Natural Gas for Transportation."
Read More →PHOENIX - Solid waste operator Republic Services has signed a renewable biomethane recovery agreement with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to process and sell renewable natural gas recovered from Republic's Sauk Trail Hills Landfill site in Canton, Mich.
Read More →SACRAMENTO, CA - The California Energy Commission has approved eight grants to fund projects aimed at advancing the manufacture of electric vehicles and vehicle batteries, adding vehicle charging stations, and encouraging the use of biofuels. The grants leverage more than $9.6 million in state funding with $11.9 million in private funds.
Read More →WEST BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA - The Pennsylvania-based Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority plans to transition a major part of its refuse truck fleet from diesel to compressed natural gas (CNG), the Daily Review reported.
Read More →ALLENTOWN, PA - Republic Services, a leading provider of solid waste collection, recylcing and disposal services, has taken delivery of 41 natural gas-powered Mack TerraPro Cabover models.
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