Thursday, January 17, 2013

Thanks to Jack Gregg

Our radio co-host and roving reporter from MA for sending this update on positive changes in the tax code and worthy events you can attend if you are in New England:


Here is more information on things I spoke of on today's program:   Boston, MA 
 
Fed Tax Credits -
 
Tax credits are back!  The House of Representatives and Senate passed a bill that includes incentives for alternative fuels and infrastructure. Included in the bill are tax incentives for biodiesel, propane, CNG, LNG, and electric vehicles.  The 30% natural gas in­frastructure credit has also been reinstated -  making for a very happy new year for alternative fuels!  Source: www.fleetsandfuels.com/fuels/cng/2013/01/tax-relief-and-then-some/.
 

MA Governor Patrick Administration unveiled a bold proposal for the future of transportation in the Commonwealth. "The Way Forward: A 21st Century Transportation Plan" calls for $1.02 billion in new revenue per year, and is expected to kick off a serious conversation about our transportation system over the next few months.
 
 
Environment & Energy Breakfast Series: Electric Vehicles "Stuck in Neutral or Speeding Ahead?"
 
Date  Thursday, January 24, 2013, 08:00am - 10:00am, British Consulate, One Broadway, Cambridge, MA
 
 
This event is complimentary to all.  This is the 3rd event in the 3rd British American Business Council of New England  Environment & Energy breakfast series. The series aims to be a forum for thoughtful and engaging discussions on the state of the renewable in the US and the UK.
 
Electric Vehicles "Stuck in Neutral or Speeding Ahead....?"  Arun Mani, PA Consulting Group energy expert and member of PA's Management Group will be leading the discussions. Mani is an expert on understanding utility impacts and opportunities with respect to EV (electric vehicles) and specializes in advising utilities on various business models that they should be considering when evaluating EV options.
 
Sponsor of the series: MIT Sloan School of Management
 
Join MAPC  at their Annual Open House on Jan. 29, 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM EST, 60 Temple Place
 
 
Or call Emily Torres-Cullinane
 
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council  - Stustainable growth and Transportation
 
 etorres@mapc.org, 617-451-2770 x2030
 
Meet our staff; learn about projects and initiatives; and help us kick off a year-long celebration of our 50th anniversary as the regional planning agency for Greater Boston with anniversary-themed displays, games, and prizes.
 
Refreshments will be served and guests can enter to win free raffle prizes. 
 
Programs- Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc.
 
 375 Harvard St., Suite 2, Brookline, MA 02446
 
 
EBC Evening Program: MEPA Director - Maeve Vallely Bartlett 
 
 
For this EBC program, MEPA Director Maeve Vallely Bartlett will address issues that include new policy and regulation announcements, continued implementation of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Policy and Protocol, updates on practice under the public benefit review regulations, updates on significant MEPA decisions and projects in litigation, and more. 
 
EBC Social Media & Marketing Planning Meeting 
 
 Plan to attend this EBC Social Media & Marketing program planning meeting and assist the EBC in the development of program topics for programs that will take place in 2013.
  
Seventh Annual EBC Construction and Demolition Materials Regional Summit 
 
Jan 31 - Mark your calendars for January 31 to attend the EBC's Seventh Annual Construction and Demolition Materials Regional Summit. The keynote speaker this year is Kenneth Kimmell, Commissioner of the MassDEP, who will cover the state's proposal to partially lift the moratorium on new innovative waste to energy facilities such as pyrolysis and gasification. 
 
NEXT Clean Cities Stakeholder meeting:
 
When: February 14, 2013
 
Where: Tri-State Trucking Shrewsbury, MA.
 
Time: 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM ( lunch to be provided)
 
Topics  - ENOW Solar panels for trucks that save a  ton of fuel ( well , actually not a ton but there is a significant fuel savings)
 
 Worcester Regional Transit will present    the latest in fuel saving transit technology 
 
AltWheels 2013  Save the Date Oct. 7 2013, Norwood Sheradon, MA

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