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Why a measured transition to electric vehicles would benefit the US

  • Written by David M. Hart, Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University
Manufacturing electric vehicles requires less labor and could disrupt the auto workforce.Carlos Osorio/AP Photo

Climate plans are the order of the day in the presidential primary campaign because carbon pollution is a global threat of unique proportions. But it’s worth asking whether candidates’ plans are based in the reality of the...

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