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2 days agoThe US Government Could End The Federal Gas Tax
The federal government could lower gas prices by eliminating the gas tax, but the impact may be minimal.
Hundreds of preventable fatalities and more than 13 million metric tons of climate pollution would be avoided by 2045 if Congress passed legislation that answered advocates' long- time demand to require state DOTs to set declining annual fatality targets - and reallocate highway money to safety projects if they don't meet those goals, according to a new analysis from Evergreen Action.