Last August, President Joe Biden signed an executive order setting a goal for half of the new vehicles sold in the United States to be electric by 2030.Four months later, on Dec. 21, Biden released a plan calling for the government to build a half-million charging stations across the country to power those vehicles.Two months after that, the Biden administration asked a federal judge to press the self-destruct button on those plans and aspirations.On Feb. 22, the Department of the Interior asked a federal judge to let the agency reopen the Environmental Impact Statement tied to the Record of Decision, or ROD, issued in July 2020 for the 211-mile industrial road that would link the Dalton Highway to the Ambler Mineral District.In a footnote on page 3 of the filing, the government indicated that the Army Corps of Engineers may make a similar request to reconsider the Clean Water Act…
Revisiting Ambler decision contradicts White House clean energy targets
