Biden administration announces policy to decarbonise federal work travel

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to replace the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel on Jan. 30 at the Falls Road Amtrak maintenance building in Baltimore. Source:  Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz.
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President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to replace the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel on Jan. 30 at the Falls Road Amtrak maintenance building in Baltimore. Source: Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz.

The new private-sector partnership is aimed at increasing low-emissions transit

As part of its ambitious goal to make transportation sustainable in the future, the Biden-Harris administration announced a plan to cut emissions from federal employee travel. The scale of federal...

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