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Biden plan may aid gas-electric shift By Keith Laing and Ari Natter - Bloomberg News A charging cable is plugged into a Volvo electric vehicle Nov. 18, 2020, in a parking bay reserved for electric vehicles in London. The U.S. auto industry sees President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package as accelerating a global shift toward electric vehicles, thanks to the $174 billion proposed for charging stations, planned consumer rebates for American-made EVs and a pledge to electrify the government’s fleet. The proposal, which requires congressional approval, is likely to be targeted by progressiv...

The U.S. auto industry sees President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package as accelerating a global shift toward electric vehicles, thanks to the $174 billion proposed for charging stations, planned consumer rebates for American-made EVs and a pledge to electrify the government’s fleet. The proposal, which requires congressional approval, is likely to be targeted by progressives as too little in scope and by Republicans as unfairly using taxpayer funds to help the alternative energy sector while harming others, such as the oil industry. Market researchers, oil-energy advocates and other cri...

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12 Countries Have Built Roads Out of Plastic – And They Can Perform As Well or Better Than Asphalt Mar 11, 2021 Asphalt with the additive TonerPlas, made from mixed soft plastics, is used to resurface a roadway in Fremantle, Western Australia, in 2020/Close The Loop This article first appeared in Yale Environment 360 and is re-printed with permission.  A road running through Accra, Ghana’s capital, looks like any other blacktop. Yet what most drivers don’t realize is that the asphalt under them contains a slurry of used plastics—shredded and melted bags, bottles, and sn...

March 9, 2021 A traditional asphalt road like this one may look the same and perform better with plastic waste baked into it. Shutterstock Close Authorship A road running through Accra, Ghana’s capital, looks like any other blacktop. Yet what most drivers don’t realize is that the asphalt under them contains a slurry of used plastics — shredded and melted bags, bottles and snack wraps — that otherwise were destined for a landfill. The impetus for many similar road projects underway in Ghana was an ambitious plan announced by President Nana Akufo-Addo in 2018. It calls for Ghanaians to...