{"id":155984,"date":"2021-02-06T14:07:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T19:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/?p=155984"},"modified":"2021-02-09T14:20:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T19:20:31","slug":"grothe-discusses-gms-plan-to-phase-out-gas-powered-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/2021\/02\/06\/grothe-discusses-gms-plan-to-phase-out-gas-powered-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Grothe Discusses GM&#8217;s Plan to Phase Out Gas-Powered Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><div id=\"attachment_136707\" style=\"width: 246px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136707\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136707\" src=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/Grothe_Pamela_219c-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Pamela Grothe\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/Grothe_Pamela_219c-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/Grothe_Pamela_219c.jpg 605w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-136707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Pamela Grothe<\/p><\/div><p>Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Science Pamela Grothe discussed GM&rsquo;s plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles with <em>Courthouse News<\/em>.<\/p><p><em>Pamela R. Grothe, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Mary Washington, believes this is a positive first step that will inspire other automakers to follow suit.<\/em><\/p><p><em>&ldquo;Tackling climate change needs an all-hands-on-deck approach &ndash; we need companies, like GM, to commit to a carbon neutral future rather than waiting for government policies. I think GM&rsquo;s move to a carbon neutral future will encourage other auto makers to do so, especially since they have already laid out the framework on how to do it,&rdquo; she wrote in an email.<\/em><\/p><p><em>She added, &ldquo;GM&rsquo;s commitment to electrify their fleet and invest in renewable charging infrastructure will not only reduce carbon emissions related to transportation, but will lead to better air quality and human health.&rdquo;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/general-motors-plans-to-phase-out-gas-powered-vehicles-by-2035\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Science Pamela Grothe discussed GM&rsquo;s plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles with Courthouse News.Pamela R. Grothe, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Mary Washington, believes this is a positive first step that will inspire other automakers to follow suit.&ldquo;Tackling climate change needs an all-hands-on-deck [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28559,"featured_media":136707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[24180,9409],"class_list":["post-155984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-professional-notes","tag-department-of-earth-and-environmental-science","tag-pgrothe","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}