i know i could find a gas station anywhere, but e.v., what if i m low on electric juice. i would consider anything that s electric and that performance well. the fact is that the battery is reduced by 40% in cold, cold weather. we placed the order, we are getting a tesla. i would rather work on it myself rather than somebody else do it. the biden administration, strict now limits on gas powered vehicles killing cars as we know them today, and arguably ending an era that helped turn america into a global superpower. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. bill: i m bill melugin in for john roberts. aggressive proposal by the e.p.a., transforming the auto industry. sandra: requiring as many as two-thirds of new cars and trucks in this country sold by 2032 to be electric. critics of this plan say president biden s sweeping climate agenda is moving unreasonably fast and is an attempt to kill the combustion engine, which revolutionized industrial manufac
In 2020, the city diverted only about 15% of all residential, commercial, industrial and construction waste from landfills, through a combination of recycling and composting. That was far below the U.S. rate of around 35%.
The holiday season has garnered a reputation as the most wonderful time of the year and the most wasteful.
Families cook excess food, buy boxes of gifts in plastic packaging to be ripped apart and thrown away, ship goods across the country and load up on single-use wrapping papers and ribbons, all of which contribute to our carbon footprint and the mounting piles of waste in our landfills.
This year, as people social distance to protect themselves from the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic, much of that waste may come from online shopping.
Amazon saw its business surge this year as people staying home bought goods online instead of in person. By the end of June, the company saw a 40% increase in profits compared to the same time last year.