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Trump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules (www.nytimes.com)

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New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.

Electricification is the one thing that could make the price of gas irrelevant for Americans

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[–] SmileyRiley@slrpnk.net 2 points 14 hours ago

A single year of federal road funding is more than amtrak has gotten in its entire existance

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