The transportation secretary could be doing far more with his existing authority. The new DOT rule could make matters worse for consumers.
Infrastructure, Housing & Transportation
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Can Ocean Shipping Go Green?
Everyone agrees that ocean shipping must decarbonize. The question is how, and how fast.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Long Road to Mass EV Adoption
A new tax credit of $4,000 for used electric vehicles could give people a boost toward buying a zero-emissions car. But there are still a lot of hurdles.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
How the Inflation Reduction Act Attacks Diesel Pollution
It’s a starting point to deal with an issue that disproportionately impacts marginalized communities.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Bipartisan Highway to Hell—or Heaven?
State and local governments will decide if the infrastructure package makes climate change better or worse.
Posted inTAP
Another Airline Merger That Would Worsen Inflation
Today on TAP: The JetBlue buyout of low-cost Spirit Airlines faces certain action from Biden’s reinvigorated antitrust officials.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
How to De-Develop in an Age of Fire and Flood
Much is riding on how Americans approach new development and managed retreat as the climate crisis worsens over the next decade.
Posted inPolitics
Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer Have a Surprise for You
An 18-month odyssey culminates in a smaller-than-promised, bigger-than-expected agreement to lower health care costs, tax corporations, and protect the planet.
Posted inHousing
Why We Need Social Housing
What Medicare for All is for health care, social housing is for shelter.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Setting the Standard for Electric Car Charging Stations
New federal rulemaking on interoperability and public investment has opened Tesla’s Supercharger network to non-Tesla users.
