Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) The US looks set to use so-called “E15” gasoline throughout the summer. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden will announce that the US Environmental Protection Agency will issue a national emergency waiver allowing the use of the ethanol-gasoline blend between June 1 and September 15 as Americans complain about high […]
Enlarge / After months of roadblocks, Congress unjammed itself long enough to pass an infrastructure bill that should make transportation safer. (credit: Getty Image) On Friday, the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act , mirroring an infrastructure bill passed by the Senate earlier this year . This […]
Enlarge / The Biden plan does not include a requirement that all new vehicles be zero-emissions at any point in the future. (credit: Richard Newstead/Getty Images) On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced that by 2030, half of all new cars and light trucks should be zero-emissions vehicles—a mix of battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid EVs, […]
Enlarge / US President Joe Biden sits in the Oval Office as he signs a series of orders at the White House in Washington, DC, after being sworn in at the US Capitol on January 20, 2021. (credit: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) One of the first official actions taken by President Joe Biden after […]
Expand / President-elect Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, provides feedback at the Chase Center at Wilmington, Delaware, on November 6, 2020. (charge: Getty | Angela Weiss) Since President-elect Joe Biden observes reports of his own success at a historical election, even his incoming government is confronting the daunting job of obtaining the […]