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President Biden calls on Congress, States for fuel tax holiday; increase in refinery capacity

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That figure is down from 141 refineries in 2017, with 4 idle. Operable capacity for the refineries is 17,789,010 barrels per calendar day in 2022, down from 18,976,085 in 2020. Similarly, NHTSA’s new fuel economy standards project to reduce gasoline consumption by more than 200 billion gallons through 2050.

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Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising

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billion in 2020 to 4.3 Cities are expanding, economies are growing, and life expectancy has almost doubled. Fossil fuel combustion has driven an increase in outdoor air pollution that in 2019 killed 29.15 million people worldwide in 2017, the paper notes. billion by 2100. Only AIDS causes more deaths.

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Study finds behavior-influencing policies remain critical for mass market success of low-carbon vehicles

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Here, we develop state-of-the-art representations of consumer preferences in multiple global energy-economy models, specifically focusing on the non-financial preferences of individuals. Global, economy-wide carbon pricing is assumed as climate policy in both scenarios after 2020 (100 US$ per tCO 2 held constant over time).

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