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Plan's centerpiece is $810-billion highway-transit reauthorization, not fully funded.

Energy consumption is by far the biggest source of human-caused global greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 73% of the total GHGs, according to the World Resources Institute.

In State of the Union Address, president calls on Congress to approve $287-billion, five-year highway legislation.

Federal officials now are looking into former senator's influence in policy encouraging use of recycled shingles in pavement.

But Speaker Pelosi, other key legislators decline to say how plan will be paid for or when it might move in the House.

Cuomo sets ambitious transport, climate change agenda amid agency upheavals

Safety, streamlined project permitting and technology are key priorities for the U.S. Dept. of Transportation in 2020.