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Will cheap gas at the pump stall progress on car emissions?

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imageAmericans like big vehicles – a serious challenge to reducing emissions. chrisgold/flickr, CC BY-NC

Retail gasoline prices are now as low as they were in the “roaring ‘90s.” The 1990s, that is, when the energy crisis of the 1970s had faded from American consumers’ memories, the economy was strong and the market share...

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