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							<title><![CDATA[Federal Gas Tax Relief: A Misguided Impulse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/29/federal_gas_tax_relief_a_misguided_impulse_154170.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Darmstadter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Washington periodically rediscovers the idea of suspending the federal gasoline tax whenever fuel prices rise and voters grow restless, and the White House and a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' bipartisan handful of lawmakers are once again contemplating a suspension of the tax. The proposal is politically tempting...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[COP30 and the Art of Climate-Policy Neglect]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Darmstadter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This November, delegates from nearly 200 countries convened in Brazil for COP30 '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' where COP stands for '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Conference of Parties,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and the number 30 reflects the number of such events since the very first one in Berlin in 1995. Stemming from a UN'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' statute adopted in 1992'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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