‘The EPA by accident killed small automobiles’
Kate Aronoff in The New Republic
There are extra pickups and SUVs on the highway today, says Kate Aronoff. Individuals haven’t “abruptly embraced off-roading.” The Environmental Safety Company imposed Obama-era guidelines with more durable fuel-efficiency necessities for small automobiles than mild vehicles. This let automobile firms ease “the requirements to which they’re held” by making extra pickups, inadvertently “killing the sedan.” In 2012, Individuals purchased way more passenger automobiles than mild vehicles. Now the numbers are reversed, on the local weather’s expense.Â
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‘If Ukraine falls, will probably be the GOP’s Afghanistan’
Marc A. Thiessen in The Washington Publish
Republicans rightly hammer President Joe Biden for his “catastrophic” Afghanistan withdrawal, says Marc A. Thiessen. The sight of Taliban forces taking Kabul as “determined Afghans fled” brought on a slide in reputation from which Biden hasn’t recovered. “Republicans ought to have a look at the injury the autumn of Kabul did to Biden’s good identify and picture what the autumn of Kyiv would do to theirs.” Conservatives blocking contemporary Ukraine army assist will “personal” catastrophe there, similar to Biden owns Afghanistan.
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‘Be as cautious of No Labels as you might be of Trump’
South Florida Solar Sentinel editorial board
America has “real issues,” from a widening wealth hole to costly groceries, says the South Florida Solar Sentinel editorial board. However former President Donald Trump “will be trusted solely to interrupt issues.” Regardless that President Biden confirmed in his State of the Union speech that “he is nonetheless in command,” No Labels insists its different ticket can win. Do not fall for the “rip-off.” Saving this nation “from Trump means saying Sure to Biden and No to No Labels.”
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‘Case closed: Extended college closures needlessly damage college students’
Las Vegas Evaluation-Journal editorial board
The info now makes it clear that the longer college students have been caught in distant school rooms because of the pandemic, the farther they fell behind, says the Las Vegas Evaluation-Journal. The New York Occasions described the grim outcomes in a latest article. Some political leaders, like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, “pushed to have youngsters again in colleges” early and “confronted vicious assaults” from lecturers’ unions. However now we all know: “Holding colleges closed didn’t cease the virus from spreading. However it did hold kids from studying.”
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