Automakers appear unlikely to sway the Trump administration from abandoning President Barack Obama’s signature climate policy to improve mileage standards to nearly 51 miles per gallon for 2025 car and light truck models.
“The automakers’ efforts are too little and too late to stop the Trump administration from eviscerating the Obama clean car standards,” Bill Becker, president of Becker Environmental Consulting said. “The Trump proposal, if adopted, will contribute to tens of thousands of premature deaths and millions of incidences of serious illnesses, undermine states’ compliance with the Clean Air Act, and impose serious impacts on businesses.”
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