Trump’s plan to roll back a major environmental rule and let cars emit more tailpipe pollution, could split the American car market in two.
On one side is the Environmental Protection Agency’s acting chief, Andrew Wheeler, who fears its legal and technical arguments are weak and will set up the Trump administration for an embarrassing courtroom loss.
On the other side are top officials at the Transportation Department, Jeffrey A. Rosen and Heidi King who justified their proposal with a new analysis concluding that the stricter Obama-era pollution rules would lead to thousands of deaths in road accidents because more fuel-efficient cars are less safe because they are lighter.
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