Trump rolls back Obama fuel economy rule in biggest deregulatory move to date

[mystery-ak]

Trump rolls back Obama fuel economy rule in biggest deregulatory move to date
by Abby Smith
 | March 31, 2020 10:05 AM

The Trump administration dramatically weakened Obama-era fuel economy standards Tuesday in a move it says is its largest deregulatory initiative to date and that environmentalists and Democratic lawmakers say undercuts the most significant climate policy in the United States.

The Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency’s new rule will require automakers to improve passenger cars’ fuel efficiency by 1.5% each year through 2026, sharply lower than the 5% year-over-year increase the Obama-era standards required. The 1.5% annual increase, though, is larger than the complete freeze of the program the Trump administration proposed in 2018.

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, in prepared remarks Tuesday, said the agencies felt, based on public comments, slightly raising the stringency was “an important change to make.”

Environmentalists, though, say a 1.5% year-over-year standard doesn’t pass the laugh test. That’s “already less than what the industry has averaged over the last 10 years,” Dave Cooke, senior vehicles analyst with the Union of Concerned Scientists, told reporters recently.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/trump-rolls-back-obama-fuel-economy-rule-in-biggest-deregulatory-move-to-date

[Longiron]

Climate change = Spring, Fall, Summer, Winter. 

[Formerly Once-Ler]

My President can walk and chew gum.  I think this is great.

no sarcasm tag coming

[Fishrrman]

Bravo !!!!!!!

[Bigun]

Bravo !!!!!!!

Louder!

B R A V O ! ! !

[GtHawk]

Don't worry, Psycho Nan will put some nice draconian standards into her next

[Right_in_Virginia]

Statement from the Press Secretary

Infrastructure & Technology   Issued on: March 31, 2020

Today, President Donald J. Trump has kept another promise to the American people by releasing the final Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule that will provide safer and cleaner cars and save American families thousands of dollars in new vehicle costs. 

As noted by both car companies and consumer advocates, the previous administration’s unattainable corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) and CO2 emissions standards made new vehicles too expensive for many Americans to afford, forcing them to keep driving their older, more dangerous, and less environmentally friendly vehicles. 

In addition to solving these serious problems, the SAFE Vehicles Rule will continue to improve United States air quality while also protecting the jobs of our great American autoworkers. 

President Trump applauds the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency for providing a reality check to radical Green New Deal environmental activists and for delivering the largest deregulatory action of his Presidency.

NHTSA research shows these new realistic standards will, through 2029, result in 2.7 million additional new vehicles sold, 3,300 fewer crash fatalities, 397,000 fewer automobile related injuries, more than 1.8 million fewer vehicles damaged in crashes, and reduced technology costs of between $86 to $126 billion.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-124/

[Right_in_Virginia]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Great news! American families will now be able to buy safer, more affordable, and environmentally friendly cars with our new SAFE VEHICLES RULE. Get rid of those old, unsafe clunkers. Build better and safer American cars and create American jobs. Buy American!

3:50 PM · Mar 31, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1245076016965566464

[Idiot]

Might as well….gasoline is almost free.