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

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About half of US refinery shutdowns are conversions to renewable fuel production. including refineries in Canada, are being similarly converted. Similarly, NHTSA’s new fuel economy standards project to reduce gasoline consumption by more than 200 billion gallons through 2050. Other important suppliers to the US.,

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

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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 The African continent is undergoing a massive transformation, the co-authors note. billion in 2020 to 4.3 billion by 2100.

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