Biden faces pressure to drive gasoline and diesel cars out of the US

The president has touted the benefits of a boom in electric cars - but as states move to phase new polluting vehicles his administration is pressed to go furtherJoe Biden's administration, seeking deep cuts to planet-heating emissions, is facing pressure to take a previously unthinkable step: declare the end of the internal combustion engine in the US.Washington state has moved to call time on the age of gasoline and diesel cars, with the legislature passing a goal that new car sales be only zero-emission vehicles from 2030, including out of state purchases that are then imported. The legislation now awaits to signature of Governor Jay Inslee, a Democrat who previously ran for president on the climate crisis platform. Continue reading...