Senate parliamentarian blocked a Republican effort to sell electric vehicles and cut federal funding for the program. Experts warn that canceling this initiative would waste significant funds already spent on infrastructure. The scientific community stresses the importance of electric vehicles in reducing carbon emissions. A University of Michigan study found that new postal electric vehicles could diminish greenhouse gas emissions by 20 million tons over 20 years. Delaying such environmentally friendly initiatives creates setbacks in emission reduction goals as climate change accelerates.
"I think it would be shortsighted for Congress to now suddenly decide they're going to try to go backwards and take the money away for the EVs or stop that process because that's just going to be a bunch of money on infrastructure that's been wasted."
"We're already falling short of goals for reducing emissions. We've been making progress, but the actions being taken or proposed will really reverse decarbonization progress that has been made to date."
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