Americans Are Poised to Drive Less In 2020
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Americans don't usually make New Year's resolutions to drive their cars less, but it may be happening anyway.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Gas Prices
Less Driving, More Electrics Will Reduce Emissions
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People need to live and work radically differently if the United States can even hope to get halfway towards becoming carbon neutral by 2050, but a new paper released last month says the most important change would come in how we get around.
Here’s Why McConnell Is Wrong On The Gas Tax
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has already signaled that he will oppose significantly altering the gas tax, which is currently 18.3 cents per gallon. He should relent. Here's why.
Climate Change Fight Dies in Texas Oil Region
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An oil-rich region of West Texas is about to get more than half a billion dollars in highway funds so it can continue to pump more crude and frack natural gas — perpetuating a cycle that is causing the destruction of human civilization.
Democrats Vow to Fight for Cheap Gas
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Meet the party fighting for cheap gas and against global warming at the same time.
The New Climate Villain Is Cheap Oil
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Long-term climate prospects brightened somewhat in 2015. Pope Francis put climate care on the moral and political agenda. President Obama rejected the Keystone XL dirty-oil pipeline. Denialist heads of state were routed in Canada and Australia, and their brethren in the U.S. faced growing ridicule. To cap it off, nearly 200 nations signed the UN Paris […]