The Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Safe Climate Campaign and Public Citizen have taken out full page ads accusing Ford of working behind the scenes in Washington to convince the Trump administration to roll back the mileage rules, which would require automakers to produce fleets that average over 50 miles per gallon.
The CAFE rules were finalized by the Obama administration ahead of schedule in the months after Trump’s 2016 win, angering automakers who argued they were promised a mid-term review in 2018.
Andrew Linhardt, the deputy director of the Sierra Club’s Clean Transportation for All campaign, said, “Ford claimed to be a green company, repeatedly telling us they wanted to put climate action in the fast lane with the clean car standards. But ever since Trump was elected, they’ve stomped on the brakes, seeking to put climate action in reverse by working to undo these very same standards.”
Read the article at The Detroit News.