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Steve Milloy | Author, 'Scare Pollution: Why and How to Fix the EPA' 7/27/18
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http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/27/trump-brakes-fuel-economy-overregulation/The Trump deregulation train is rolling on, this time right over two sacred cows of the progressive over-regulatory state: the Obama administration’s pointless and harmful fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks and California’s bid to usurp federal power and become the national standard setter for fuel economy and consumer car choice.
In 2012, the Obama administration issued new, more stringent fuel economy standards (called “Corporate Average Fuel Economy,†or “CAFE†standards) intended to compel car makers to raise their fleet average to 50 miles per gallon by 2025. The Trump administration may soon propose to freeze the CAFE standard at the 2020 level of 35 miles per gallon.
The Trump CAFE proposal will not only save consumers money — it will save lives.