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Massachusetts considering raising fuel tax

In the next 20 years, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will need to fund a $15 to $19 million gap to maintain its transit system. Since there's no such a thing as a free lunch, Governor Deval Patrick (D) is currently suggesting an increase in the fuel tax of $0.19 per gallon to raise the money. This would means that the total tax paid on gasoline in the state will be $0.609 per gallon, while the tax on diesel would be $0.669 per gallon. End result: a rollback on a proposed Massachusetts Turnpike toll increase, no fare increase on the Boston ... Read more →

Massachusetts revokes ZAP Xebra registrations Jeremy Korzeniewski

Prospective ZAP Xebra owners in Mass. take note: your State has just revoked all of the current registrations for the electric three-wheelers. It seems that the State has just come to realize that ...

Registered hybrid vehicles increase 36 percent in nine months in Massachusetts Sebastian Blanco

Photo by Wili_Hybrid. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Massachusetts drivers are voting with their rides. According to the insurance company Travelers of Massachusetts, the number of ...

18 states file to force EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions Sebastian Blanco

Seventeen states are backing Massachusetts in a petition to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that would force the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Filed one year after ...

Plymouth Rock Studios to use a hybrid-only fleet with help from Enterprise Jeremy Korzeniewski

Plymouth Rock Studios, a film and television Production Campus being developed in Plymouth, Massachusetts, has decided to go green with the rental cars that will undoubtedly be required by the ...

Massachusetts v. EPA: The Monkey Trial of the century 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Does the Clean Air Act give the EPA power to regulate greenhouse gases? If so, can the EPA avoid exercising that authority simply because it doesn't want to? These are the two primary questions David Bookbinder, senior attorney for the Sierra Club, wants the U.S. Supreme Court to answer when ...

Hybrid appeal may be slowing in some regions 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The days of the 8-month waiting list to buy a hybrid or dealers selling them for more than sticker could be drawing to a close. A report in a Massachusetts newspaper says the waiting list is down to three months at a local Toyota dealer, and there is no waiting list at the Honda dealer. Crossover ...


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