The EV credits expired at the end of September, but credits for heat pumps and some other investments run until the end of the year. We also have zombie Carbon Credits and Subsidies that WILL NOT DIE until there is a radical political shift in the US and around the world.
Wikipedia: Carbon offsets and credits
Research from The Australia Institute has suggested that at least 25% of carbon offsets may lack integrity, describing them as "hot air."[129][130] Additionally, some reports have raised concerns that carbon offsets could be used to justify the continuation or expansion of fossil fuel projects, potentially delaying direct efforts to reduce emissions.[131]
Using projects in this way is called "greenwashing".[132] Pope Francis noted in his 2015 encyclical letter Laudato si' the risk that countries and sectors may use carbon credits as "a ploy which permits maintaining [their] excessive consumption".[133]
Many projects that give credits for carbon sequestration have received criticism as greenwashing because they overstated their ability to sequester carbon, with some projects being shown to actually increase overall emissions.[19][20][21][22]
In 2023, a civil suit was brought against Delta Air Lines based on its use of carbon credits to support claims of carbon neutrality.[134] In 2016 the Öko-Institut analyzed a series of CDM projects. It found that 85% had a low likelihood of being truly additional or were likely to over-estimate emission reductions.[135] In 2023, the University of California all but dropped the purchase of offsets in favor of direct reductions in emissions.[136]
This next was with the EV tax credits. Now we get to see how they do without them.
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GM has already sold more than 144,000 EVs in 2025.
Add in the Honda/Acura EVs, and GM’s Ultium platform is at ~193,000 units on the year.
Need to see how much things fall off in Q4, but 175,000 for GM EVs and 230,000 for Ultium in 2025 seem like good targets.
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insideevs.com/news/774389/...
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— Nathaniel William Horadam (@horadam.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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“We're not going to see the astronomical growth we saw over the past few years, but we’re going to see some growth come back.”
Here's what analysts, experts and executives say about the next chapter for EVs in America:
insideevs.com/news/774413/...
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— InsideEVs (@insideevs.com) October 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM
No New Nukes
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Searching for new energy boondoggles, Idaho Gov. Little creates new task force to advance corrupt deals for overpriced, over budget, behind schedule nuclear power plants creating waste we can't dispose of.
Which industry groups are putting up the lobbying money for this cheat?
#NoNewNukes
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— Mokurai (@mokurai.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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BO-O-O-O-OGUS!!!
The NRC has authorized Urenco USA to poison its workers & the environment to make fuel for over budget, behind schedule nuclear power plants creating waste we can't dispose of.
Who took the bribes to put this through? Or is it just currying favor with His Bogosity?
#NoNewNukes
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— Mokurai (@mokurai.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Denial and Obstruction vs. Resistance and $$Real Money$$™
Have I mentioned that I love the smell of Wrong-Wing desperation in the morning?
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Companies developing new fossil fuel projects should be excluded from all sustainable funds, advocates and experts tell the EU
->International Federation for Human Rights | #Sustainable #ClimateChange #FossilFuel | More from BigEarthData.ai
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— Climate, Ecology, War & More by Dr. Glen Barry, BigEarthData.ai (@bigearthdata.bsky.social) September 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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“In 2015, the then-governor of the #BankofEngland warned #climatechange was “the tragedy of the horizon” & posed a major threat to the #financialsystem.
Mondays’ statmt from the #ACCR, #MarketForces … says the tragedy spelled out in the decade-old speech “is not only unresolved, it is growing””
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— coupdegraz7.bsky.social (@coupdegraz7.bsky.social) September 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
No, this is not Green Energy Waste, it’s just Green Energy saving $$Real Money$$™, as usual.
Plans to contain harmful gases, improve electric grid in Illinois nixed by Trump
Almost $600 million in promised grants to businesses, local governments rescinded. Moves are politically motivated, say Duckworth, Durbin.
There are no high quality carbon credits. The whole idea is a fraud on the public promoted by fossil carbon producers.
#Denial #FossilFoolishness #OilandGaslightersSee my Renewable Friday and Renewable Tuesday posts on Daily Kos for more.
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South Africa will lead Africa’s carbon market evolution, exporting high-quality credits underpinned by environmental integrity while advancing domestic priorities. This is not a theoretical exercise but a practical imperative, grounded in law and economics.
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— Daily Maverick (@dailymaverick.co.za) October 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Kudos to @rokhanna.bsky.social for sponsoring a bill that would prevent fossil fuel companies from getting tax credit for capturing carbon dioxide and using it to extract more oil.
That he's co-sponsoring the bill with Scott Perry is all the more of a coup. 🙌
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— Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) (@doctorvive.bsky.social) March 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Automakers to pool CO2 emissions with Tesla, Polestar to meet EU 2025 rules
Polestar, Volvo Cars, Smart will sell extra credits to Mercedes.
Automakers facing tougher European Union 2025 emissions rules are planning to buy carbon credits from electric vehicle companies including Tesla (TSLA.O)
, opens new tab and Polestar to avoid hefty fines, an EU filing showed on Tuesday.
Companies with lower EV sales can "pool" their emissions with segment leaders, purchasing emissions credits from other manufacturers to lower their overall averages. The move could save them hundreds of millions of euros in
penalties.
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Australia’s carbon credit scheme is a climate laundering machine, engineered by our own government. Up to 75% of offsets are junk. Fossil fuel giants buy fake credits, keep polluting, and call it “climate action.” This isn’t oversight. It’s corruption. #AusPol #CarbonScam
— WILD 🇦🇺 🏳️🌈 (@wildmovement.bsky.social) September 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Whatever direct air capture is meant to be, or could be, this is unambiguously what it is becoming: a fossil fuel industry run factory creating single units of greenwashing to sell to the worst emitters
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— Ketan Joshi (@ketanjoshi.co) January 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Kemi Badenoch has decided the world can just burn as she gaffes by promising no more aiming for Net Zero carbon emissions if she's elected PM. Her "drill, baby, drill" moment is Trumpian: thick headed, antagonistic, and deeply ignorant. Pollute the world to "own the libs". 🙄
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— Snigdha (@snig.bsky.social) August 31, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Unbelievably, Starmer is actually considering not going to COP30 because “his advise” say it may put off of Reform voters for supporting climate action!
Ffs!
He had better bloody go 🤬!
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— Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 (@fbpech.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
