Mike at Green Car Congress brings news that Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has re-introduced the CLEAR (Clean Efficient Automobiles Resulting from Advanced Car Technologies) Act, a package primarily composed of tax credits and incentives designed to encourage purchase of cleaner cars. Mike’s got the details.

(Mike — like the Worldchangers — has made the unfortunate web design decision to present long excerpted quotes in italics, which makes them substantially harder to read. Just say no to squinting, fellas.)