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Proposed US Transportation Reauthorization Plan Links Greenhouse Gas Reductions to Transportation Planning

Green Car Congress

in a press conference last week, is the linkage of transportation planning with greenhouse gas emissions reductions. The Fund is replenished by revenue collected from motor fuel taxes. Oberstar (D-Minn.) and Ranking Member John L. Mica (R-Fla.) billion; Provides $337.4 The Highway Trust Fund. Secretary LaHood.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

Our 2020 study , published in Nature Climate Change , found that manufacturing a typical EV sold in the United States in 2018 emitted about 7 to 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide, compared with about 5 to 6 tonnes for a gasoline-fueled vehicle. Those tax revenues are necessary for the maintenance of roads. passenger vehicles.