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The Global Carbon Project estimates that worldwide carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels will rise 1.1% this year over 2022, to 36.8 billion metric tons, a new peak.

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced the availability of grants designed to advance big-ticket infrastructure projects along commercial and commuter corridors.

A leaked draft of Treasury Department rules for hydrogen tax credits in President Joe Biden’s climate law is drawing warnings from advocates that they may stifle the burgeoning industry.

The national average diesel price fell another 5.4 cents this week to creep ever closer to the $4 mark, according to the Energy Information Administration.

Cruise, the self-driving vehicle unit of General Motors, could face a fine for allegedly misleading regulators about an incident in which one of its cars dragged a pedestrian.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Plastic Express will build a facility near the Port of Savannah in an $80 million project that will create 200 jobs while expanding its operations in the state.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said that a Belgium-based international logistics provider’s subsidiary is expanding its footprint in the state at its Norfolk facility.

Plans for a new highway connector from Illinois 3 in Fairmont City to Illinois 203 in Madison, Ill., are designed to improve traffic flow and help with logistics and industrial development.

Capitol Agenda: The Department of Transportation’s Freight Logistics Optimization Works program will unite public and private stakeholders to enable a more resilient freight network. 

The Biden administration may not be able to take full advantage of the recent drop in oil prices as it seeks to refill its depleted crude oil reserve, an Energy Department official said Dec. 4.