The Trump administration plans to try and freeze Obama-era fuel-efficiency standards starting in 2021 in a bid to reverse another of the former president’s crowning policies aimed at combating climate change, according to a report from The Washington Post. The report, which cites a federal official who has viewed the drafted proposal, says the Trump administration would go even further by restricting a state’s ability to set its own fuel standards, which would be a strike against California and its strict state-specific emissions rules.
The proposal has been reportedly drafted by the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, and the plan right now is to freeze standards for cars and light trucks...
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