The annual push to promote electric vehicles and biofuels at the expense of gasoline and "dinosaur" diesel has again failed to woo a key Washington state senator who killed the bill twice before. But whether that'll matter this time is an open question.
A suite of legislation under consideration in Olympia could be a "grand bargain" for climate change and longterm funding of transportation projects. Bills include a clean-fuels standard, carbon pricing and $18.7 billion for transportation projects.
Thirteen Pennsylvania counties are getting a total of $2.1 million in funding from the Department of Environmental Protection to support cleaner fuel vehicle projects around the state.
The Washington Legislature's 2019 session was momentous, but there's still work to be done, which is why the legislature is going into their 2020 session with four priorities: clean fuels, climate limits, plastic bags and orcas.
A new study shows that cleaner, low-sulfur shipping fuels should reduce the number of air pollution-related deaths around the world by around a third. It will also bring down childhood asthma cases by more than half. The health benefits might bring a climate tradeoff though.
