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US DOT program expands to emphasize traffic safety and emissions
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US DOT program expands to emphasize traffic safety and emissions

The Department of Transportation’s Every Day Counts program once emphasized auto-oriented infrastructure. Now it's doing more to take climate and safety into account.
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DOT proposal would require states to track carbon emissions
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DOT proposal would require states to track carbon emissions

Federal highway officials say the proposed regulation would bring clearer data, but critics argue say it’s an example of federal overreach.
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Transportation Department proposes letting states set their own tailpipe emission rules

Transportation Department proposes letting states set their own tailpipe emission rules

The agency announced Thursday that it would withdraw its part of a Trump administration rule blocking states from setting their own tailpipe standards, which could help pave the way for a broader climate deal with the nation’s automakers.
Politics
joe biden climate politics
www.usnews.com

Biden threads climate change policy through federal government

Biden is elevating the issue as a policy priority, appointing people to newly created positions and threading it through other agencies than those that have traditionally addressed it.
Politics
biden climate shipping politics energy
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Biden’s shipping agency nominee could prove crucial to US climate change plans

The Biden-Harris Presidency have 4000 appointments to make, 1212 of which require Senate confirmation. Several key appointments will make all the difference if they are to achieve their vision of addressing the climate crisis. A key appointment in shipping will be one of them.
Causes
liquified natural gas train transport
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New Trump rule could create 'bomb trains' capable of leveling a city

The administration has a 'wildly unsafe' plan to transport liquified natural gas on railroads.

Solutions
The White House should compromise with California on fuel efficiency standards
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The White House should compromise with California on fuel efficiency standards

Changing California’s rules would result in higher oil consumption and carbon dioxide.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Trump policies could curb progress on electric trucks and buses

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Trump's approach to U.S. power grid could slow critical expansion

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Trump's advisers push to reshape U.S. climate report

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Op-ed: The real scam — rail against renewables, run away with factories

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Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

CLIMATE
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Climate extremes disrupt U.S. with blizzards, wildfires and record heat

Water pipes being installed in a trench.

Wildfires threaten drinking water as ash and chemicals pollute watersheds