his new executive order sets an ambitious goal, half of all vehicles sold should be electric by 2030, and his administration wants to cut emissions from cars that run on gas. we ll get more now from cbs ben tracy. reporter: president biden took a drive in an electric jeep wrangler after signing his executive order. it s electric, and there s no turning back. but we just have to move and we have to move fast. but accelerating the transition to e.v.s may not be so quick. americans still love their gas guzzlers. trucks, vans and s.u.v.s make up three-quarters of new sales so far this year. e.v.s are just 2%. is it possible to get to 50% by the end of the decade? it is. reporter: michael regan is the administrator of the vice presidential protection agency.
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Letters to the Editor: If Californians want cleaner cars on the road, they shouldn t buy dirty ones
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That conclusion would have been bolstered even more by mentioning the fact that with our state having the nation’s worst air quality, respiratory health alone would justify getting gasoline-powered vehicles off the road as soon as possible. Perusing the website of the California Air Resources Board would give still unconvinced readers instantly accessible information on the numerous studies conducted on childhood asthma and related illnesses that hospitalize and sometimes kill Californians prematurely.
Until we price carbon seriously, gas-guzzling vehicles may kill us even before global warming takes us off the proverbial cliff. We need Congress to act now.
think has to be emphasized. they don t just work for the president, they work for the people of the united states. the people selected this president. they not be trying the president. president. they are betraying the people. they are betraying the trust of the constitution which has sustained for more than two years. we made a mistake. laura: it s a condescending, elite view that the people who voted for trump, they believe were stupid. they probably have too many kids and drive around into many gas guzzlers. they shop at walmart. those of the tape of people they look down and they ve always looked down. as congressman zeldin mentioned, they killed us resolution with adam schiff for fabricating what he said. that july 25th call and pretending it was a parody. after the vote there was some grumbling. congressman beggs, one of your colleagues said you should have referred this to the ethics