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Here’s What Happens When Every Government Vehicle Is Electric
Joe Biden’s pledge to green the federal fleet could remake transportation or not. It’s all in the execution.
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Joe Biden prepares to sign executive orders relating to climate change on January 27.
The best way to think of President Biden’s midweek flotilla of executive actions on climate is as a statement of intent: a signal of how this administration intends to approach the climate crisis. Wednesday, the White House announced it was directing federal agencies to “procure carbon pollution-free electricity and clean, zero-emission vehicles” and in the process create “good-paying, union jobs” in green manufacturing. It came just after a “Buy American” executive order and an announcement that the administration would be replacing the federal government’s 645,000-vehicle fleet with electric vehicles made in the U.S. As he did on the campaign trail, Biden ....

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