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The internet was stunned by White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett's comments on Wednesday as he bragged about how credit card spending on higher-priced gasoline was "through the roof."

Hassett made the remarks in an interview with Fox Business on Wednesday morning where he discussed the ongoing Iran war, the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the American economy.

Media experts and political voices were shocked by the comments. ...

President Donald Trump's bet on war with Iran could have a significant impact on the United States' global financial standing, an analyst explained Monday.

The Bulwark's Jonathan V. Last described how Trump's decision "could speed up de-dollarization" and challenge the American currency's dominance, ultimately altering the 52-year history of the petrodollar system.

"I have been saying since the beginning that America is playing checkers while Iran plays chess, but it’s worse than that," Last wrote. "American leadership is utterly incoherent: We won, but we need help. We hate our allies; but will our adversaries please come bail us out?"...

Rising gas prices have put President Donald Trump and his administration in a panic, a lawmaker said Tuesday.

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) told CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer that, as the U.S.-Israel war in Iran moves into its second week and Americans are paying more at the gas pump, Trump was looking for a way out.

Blitzer asked Warner, who was briefed on military operations, what Trump's potential exit strategy might be. ...

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Some activists view the industry's response as a badge of success.

When oil and gas companies attack a climate campaign, activists usually focus on the obvious negative: One of the world’s biggest industries, with its wealth of resources, is trying to quash their efforts to, for instance, ban natural gas in buildings....

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Lawn-care equipment — leaf-blowers, lawnmowers, and the like — doesn’t top most people’s lists of climate priorities. But a new report documents how, in aggregate, lawn care is a major source of U.S. air pollution.

Using the latest available data from the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2020 National Emissions Inventory, the report found that the equipment released more than 68,000 tons of smog-forming nitrous oxides, which is roughly on par with the pollution from 30 million cars. Lawn equipment also spewed 30 millions tons of climate-warming carbon dioxide, which is more than the total emissions of the city of Los Angeles....

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A black, electric-powered Nissan Leaf pulled up to a gas station — not to fuel up, of course. Matthew Metz, the founder of Coltura, a nonprofit trying to speed up the country’s shift away from gasoline, climbed out of his car with printed maps in hand, prepared to give me a tour.

It was a sunny spring day, and the Arco station in North Seattle looked like any other on a busy street corner, with cars fueling up and a line of bored people waiting to buy snacks and drinks inside the convenience store. Metz knows a lot about gas stations, and it changes what he sees. Looking around, he marveled at the risks that everyone was taking, even if they weren’t aware of it. “This is a hazardous materials facility,” he told me. ...