Posted on 10/18/2021 3:42:39 PM PDT by Libloather
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has faced a flurry of criticism from Republicans for taking paid parental leave with his husband and two newborns.
But Buttigieg wants to refocus the conversation on another topic entirely: climate change.
“Inevitably, every transportation decision is a climate decision, whether we acknowledge it or not,” Buttigieg said in an interview with The Climate 202. “So I think that's absolutely part of our mandate and part of our set of responsibilities as a department.”
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Cars and trucks account for the bulk of the sector's pollution, according to data from the Environmental Protection Agency. And in addition to boosting electric-vehicle adoption, Buttigieg said DOT will help more Americans ditch their cars for lower-carbon alternatives such as mass transit, biking and walking.
“We have to make cars clean, which is what EVs can do, and we have to give people good transportation alternatives,” he said. “I often say you shouldn't have to take two tons of metal along with you everywhere you go.”
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Asked to identify specific steps DOT is taking to reduce emissions from transportation, Buttigieg said the department is encouraging the use of sustainable aviation fuels, making climate “much more explicit” in its grant programs, and reactivating a climate center within DOT that was dormant during the Trump administration. He declined to offer new details about forthcoming regulations.
Infrastructure bill, COP26 A roughly $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill in Congress is being delayed as progressives refuse to vote on it until the passage of a massive tax-and-spending package, which they say would do more to combat climate change.
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Well, we know he's not going to work.
In fact, he's going to milk his maternity leave for all it's worth, for the earth of course.
....only 9.26 years left.....
NOPE!!!!
And electric cars equal coal and batteries built of Chinese materials—NOT clean at all!!!!
what a hypocrite. ‘Let them eat cake.’
This mentality is so infuriating. One day his time will come.
We need electric vehicles powered by coal
I have a friend who is a skilled carpenter and does excellent home renovations. He turns down twice as much biz as he actually does.
There are a lot of braceros who build the new houses to a formula, but not many folks doing skilled work these days.
I have read that is exactly what China is doing to conserve liquid fuels for their military.
What a loser.
So, did Gayer Pete bike to his home for the three-month “paternity leave” he took?
Does any one else see the absurdity of this guy wearing a mask?!
Gonna be hard to deliver a load of firewood on a bicycle.
One stick at a time. Besides, you won't need all that firewood because of all the exercise, and that way you'll save a tree for the earth and climate change.
Only spurred to come out and and say something because he was being ridiculed for being on “paternity leave.”
If we have 9 years left, why should we bother to listen to what these commies have to say? Live your life and do what you want.
Let’s go Buttplug.
bttt
Considering Butt* has had his job for 6 months and done nothing but talk, we see he is perfectly qualified to work in DC.
Kramer and Newman already tried a version of that.
You wonder why the aliens avoid our solar system like anyone with smarts avoids southside chiraq or southside atl.
Yes, snowing, below zero, and windy. A bicycle won’t work, nor walking very far. And that trip to Walmart or Costco, definitely not going to work to bring home a case of paper towels.
He’s as big a joke as Kamala Harris.
It’s breathtaking, how wrong he is for the job.
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