States, Environmentalists Eye Emissions Cuts In Biden Infrastructure Plan

Environmentalists and state air regulators are offering early praise for opportunities to reduce conventional air pollution and greenhouse gases through President Joe Biden’s $2.2 trillion infrastructure plan, including measures to cut emissions from mobile sources, reduce pollution in equity areas, and improve air quality at ports. However, one state air official says Biden’s “American Jobs Plan” unveiled March 31 relies almost entirely on incentives, not regulatory “sticks,” including massive funding for proposals to spend billions of dollars on electric vehicles...