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President Bush’s State of the Union calls for continued U.S. leadership in developing energy-efficient technologies and using energy efficiency to help stem greenhouse gases and support economic prosperity and energy security.
The Alliance to Save Energy today urged members of the U.S. House of Representatives to adopt an energy package that will save American consumers money while also improving our environment and increasing our nation’s energy security.
The Alliance to Save Energy calls on Congress to enact, immediately, higher Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, while challenging consumers to take measures that will not only keep dollars in their pockets, but also will help to curb greenhouse gas emissions and enhance our national...
The Alliance to Save Energy today commended the Senate Finance Committee for adopting key energy-efficiency tax incentives for consumers and businesses.
An extension of federal tax incentives allows home builders and commercial building owners to lower both the energy costs of their buildings for years to come and their federal tax liability through 2008 by incorporating energy efficiency in their properties.
Major home appliance manufacturers, their trade organization, and a nationwide coalition of energy and water efficiency supporters announced an historic agreement today that will establish new mandatory federal energy and water efficiency standards, recommendations for new ENERGY STAR levels,...
The Tax Incentives Assistance Project (TIAP) urges home builders, commercial builders, and commercial building owners to lower their energy costs and their federal tax liability by constructing highly-efficient properties.
As U.S. taxpayers scramble to file their 2006 tax returns, they can ensure “happy returns” next year in the form of federal income tax credits of up to $500 by making certain energy-efficiency home improvements by December 31, 2007. Valuable federal tax credits also are...
Washington, D.C., March 14, 2007 – The Alliance to Save Energy today applauded two of its congressional vice-chairs, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), and Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) for proposing a federally-mandated increase in the fuel economy of all new vehicles.
Congress’s one-year extension of selected energy-efficiency tax incentives – expected to be signed into law shortly by President Bush – is a positive, but time-limited, step for promoting energy efficiency throughout the U.S. economy.
To demonstrate the important connections between our individual energy use and the world’s environment, economy and security, the Alliance to Save Energy, the American Gas Association (AGA), The Dow Chemical Company Inc., and 27 additional Power is in Your Hands partners today...
The Alliance to Save Energy praises the U.S. House of Representatives for adopting the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008
As a heat wave blankets parts of the country, the Alliance to Save Energy calls on Americans to be more energy-efficient to reduce soaring summer electricity bills, pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and potential for blackouts or brownouts simultaneously while also helping our nation's energy...
The Alliance to Save Energy challenges the federal government and states outside the West to emulate the Western Governors’ Association’s (WGA) commitment to increase energy efficiency by 20 percent by 2020.
The creation of sustainable markets for energy-efficient homes and commercial buildings got a boost today with the introduction of a Senate bill to extend new federal tax credits authorized in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 through 2010, the Alliance to Save Energy said today.
The Tax Incentives Assistance Project (TIAP) has posted links to new Internal Revenue Service guidelines so consumers and businesses can take full advantage of new federal tax credits for energy-saving technologies and practices. The guidelines cover existing homes, new homes, and new...
Washington D.C – The average American family spent more than $4000+ on energy last year to power their home and vehicles. What if you could cut those costs by up to 30 percent or more?
President Bush was right on the mark in describing the United States as “addicted to oil” during his State of the Union address -- but he missed a golden opportunity.
Here’s a new wrinkle on the New Year’s Resolution idea: Do the right thing for the economy, the environment, and national security by being more energy efficient in 2006 – and lower both your energy bills AND your federal income tax burden!
As U.S. households face heating bills averaging 25 percent higher than last year’s, a broad-based coalition today launched The Power is in Your Hands campaign to empower consumers to lower those bills with energy efficiency.
A new Web site from the Tax Incentives Assistance Project (TIAP) aims to help individuals and businesses cut their tax bills and energy bills through energy efficiency.
New information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Alliance to Save Energy will help consumers reduce their federal income taxes in 2006 and 2007 by making their homes more energy-efficient and purchasing fuel-efficient vehicles.
The Alliance to Save Energy and the Department of Energy (DOE) are spreading the word about federal tax credits for purchasers of hybrid-electric vehicles in 2006 and 2007.
Reps. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.), in partnership with the Alliance to Save Energy, today sent the clear message to prospective House energy bill conferees that energy efficiency must be a cornerstone of U.S. energy policy by introducing The Energy Efficiency Cornerstone Act (...
The Senate continues its march toward adoption of a more balanced and stronger energy bill than crafted by the House.
The Alliance to Save Energy - along with ten others - urges Congress to adopt energy-efficiency policies.
-- Statement by Alliance to Save Energy President Kateri Callahan --
Thousands who plan to buy hybrid electric vehicles in coming year will receive a bigger tax incentive than expected, thanks to yesterday's action by the U.S. Congress on the middle class tax cut bill.
The Alliance to Save Energy today gave tempered praise for the energy efficiency tax incentives in Congress's energy bill but noted that the supply-oriented bill as a whole fails to harness the latest energy efficiency technologies to address major energy problems, particularly increasing U.S....
Including in the tax cut package a four-fold increase in the already egregious tax break for some SUV purchases – particularly while a comprehensive energy bill languishes in the Senate – is a poor way to make tax or energy policy, the Alliance to Save Energy said today.
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