New Trump mileage standards to gut Obama climate effort

The Trump administration is expected to release a final rule Tuesday on mileage standards through 2026. The change - making good on the rollback after two years of Trump threatening and fighting states and a faction of automakers that opposed the move - waters down a tough Obama mileage standard that would have encouraged automakers to ramp up production of electric vehicles and more fuel-efficient gas and diesel vehicles.

The Trump administration says the looser mileage standards will allow consumers to keep buying the less fuel-efficient SUVs that U.S. drivers have favoured for years. Opponents say it will kill several hundred more Americans a year through dirtier air, compared to the Obama standards. Delaware Sen. Tom Carper, the senior Democrat on the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee, called it “the height of irresponsibility for this administration to finalize a rollback that will lead to dirtier air while our country is working around the clock to respond to a respiratory pandemic whose effects may be exacerbated by air pollution.

“I cried so many times,” Sainz said. “How do you tell your daughter she can't be outside because of air pollution?” The standards have split the auto industry with Ford, BMW, Honda and Volkswagen siding with California and agreeing to higher standards. Most other automakers contend the Obama-era standards were enacted hastily and will be impossible to meet because consumers have shifted dramatically away from efficient cars to SUVs and trucks.

The Obama administration mandated 5% annual increases in fuel economy. Leaked versions of the Trump administration's latest proposal show a 1.5% annual increase, backing off from its initial proposal simply to stop mandating increases in fuel efficiency after 2020.John Bozzella, CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a trade group representing automakers, said the industry still wants middle ground between the two standards, and it supports year-over-year mileage increases.

Who, if anyone, said that Obamas’s standards were even good starting on Day 1 was

It could be an initiative to make gold out of manure and if it has Obama’s name on it that nutless monkey would do everything possible to cut it.

realDonaldTrump is so petty, immature and vindictive. Anything with an Obama signature, he abhors. Doesn't he have better things to do right now? Or did he just receive a payment from his oil/gas cronies?

good news for a change

We have seen the poor performance of models predicting the spread of the Commie Virus even 7 days out. Yet we persist in believing that models can predict the Climate in 2100 to within a tenth of a degree. To date Climate models have been no more accurate than Commie Virus models

Trump thinks climate change is a hoax... sound familiar ?

7 months until Biden

Is there any law or penalty anywhere that says auto manufacturers can't reduce emissions without being ordered to?

No numbers? Green New Deal? Throw in a Carbon tax like Canada and see the economy tank. Is USA increasing their carbon emissions in last 4 years?

Trump has sought to delete any good Obama created during his time in office. Climate change is a real problem, Trump continues to purposely do things that flies in the face of the changes needed to prepare US for climate change.

Trump is disgusting. His ignorance and ego is going to kill everyone.

No Canadian news to report? Just more Trump bashing?

Dems will change it back and increase it .... renewables

wwohooo! I needed some good news today 😀

This ignorant Canadian turd of the WHO has made himself a star for ignorance. He is no more than a Proxy for China. Bruce Aylward is no Doctor, he should be investigated! Follow the money and check his banks.

The manufacturers know this clown will be gone soon...they are not changing plans to electrify their vehicles and/or to lower their emissions.

Good

“...will allow consumers to keep buying the less fuel-efficient SUVs that U.S. drivers have favoured for years. Opponents say it will kill several hundred more Americans a year through dirtier air...” SUVs safer in highway accidents, saving lives? 🧐🚙

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