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  President Biden Targets Intoxicated Drivers                                                                      Source:  Stock Images $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Tucked into President Joe Biden's $1 trillion Infrastructure package is a big initiative to fight drunk driving with highly advanced technology.  The push against drunk driving is not just a number of public service announcements with warnings not to drive drunk on the road.  The law has teeth and requires automakers by 2026 to install new technologies in new cars that detect and prevent intoxicated drivers from hitting the roads. New Law with Teeth Currently in the US, 10,000 people a year are needlessly killed in drunk driving accidents and nearly 300,000 are injured.  Drunk drivers ...

  President Biden Targets Intoxicated Drivers                                                                      Source:  Stock Images $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Tucked into President Joe Biden's $1 trillion Infrastructure package is a big initiative to fight drunk driving with highly advanced technology.  The push against drunk driving is not just a number of public service announcements with warnings not to drive drunk on the road.  The law has teeth and requires automakers by 2026 to install new technologies in new cars that detect and prevent intoxicated drivers from hitting the roads. New Law with Teeth Currently in the US, 10,000 people a year are needlessly killed in drunk driving accidents and nearly 300,000 are injured.  Drunk drivers ...

  President Joe Biden Pledges Aggressive Action on Climate Change                                                                                                  Source:  The White House White House Virtual Climate Summit on Earth Day At the White House Virtual Climate Summit, President Joe Biden pledged to cut US greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.  The pledge will require massive changes and breakthrough renewable energy innovations for the US energy and transportation industries. President Biden says it is absolutely necessary and doable.  Biden made the pledge before more than 40 government leaders from around the world at his virtual, 2 day Leaders Summit on Climate, designed to demonstrate...

US President Joe Biden To Open Up Offshore Wind Development                                                         Source:  Block Island Wind Farm, Rhode Island Much Greener US Power Mix US President Joe Biden announced today that he is greatly expanding the nation's offshore wind capacity to combat climate change.  Offshore wind power is a critical component of  Biden's goal of eventually reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions and providing 100% clean electricity by 2035.  He plans to generate 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power by 2030.  That would provide enough energy to power 10 million homes and eliminate 78 metric tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year. Wind Projects to Fight Climate Change & Create New Jobs President Biden intends to open new stretches of oce...