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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg: He s putting the electric-powered cart ahead of the fossil-fueled cart.Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP, File
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They’ll be putting one of those satellite mileage monitors in my car only after they pry my cold-dead hands off the steering wheel.
That’s my reaction to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s recent comments about how to fund infrastructure costs. I suspect a lot of other drivers will feel the same way.
In an interview with CNBC last month, Buttigieg said that a mileage tax “shows a lot of promise” as a means of funding infrastructure spending.
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Written by Michelle Havich
22nd January 2021
Pete Buttigieg, President Joe Biden’s pick for Secretary of Transportation, told senators that his background as mayor of South Bend, Ind., gave him a “bottom-up perspective on transportation programs and funding.
During his confirmation hearing with the Senate Commerce Committee on Jan. 21, Buttigieg told senators that improving the federal grant application processes could better engage smaller communities. “I recognize, especially coming from a community of the size of South Bend … we’re not among those that were able to have a full-time staff working on federal relations,” he said. “It is very important to me to make sure that this process is user-friendly, that criteria are transparent, and communities of every size, including rural communities and small communities, have every opportunity to access those funds.”
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The Biden Administration Brings State Climate Leadership to the White House
January 19, 2021, 12:30 pm
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There are many reasons to be inspired by the nominees that President-elect Joe Biden has selected to lead his all-of-government mobilization against the climate crisis. The Cabinet is a diverse and incredibly accomplished group that looks like America. It is capable of fulfilling the mandate that Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris won decisively in November: to confront the climate crisis with a clean energy recovery that will create millions of good union jobs and build a just, equitable, and prosperous economy.
One of the most exciting things about this slate of “climate Cabinet” nominees is the experience and success in state-level climate leadership it will bring to the federal government. After all, for the past half-decade and longer, states have been laying a roadmap for bold, nationwide climate action.