The White House is likely to finalize plans to weaken fuel-economy standards, undoing the biggest single step the U.S. has taken to fight global warming.
The Trump administration, scrambling as deadlines approach, plans soon to release rules on fuel efficiency for new cars and trucks that have pitted the federal government against California on a policy key to combating climate change.
In its final draft, the administration backed off significantly, convinced it would be impossible to defend its original plan in court and that the proposal would result in a slew of negative publicity for automakers that might endorse it. Two of the largest car markets in the world, China and the European Union, have set more stringent gas mileage and emissions requirements than the United States. Automakers around the world have to comply if they want to remain competitive. But economists say that if American car makers focus on building less efficient cars for the U.S. market, they could fall behind globally, and they and their suppliers could suffer.
The oil and gas industry has praised the administration’s plan, which is expected to lead to higher gas consumption, as have groups that downplay or deny climate change. The proposal has divided the auto industry. Expecting that Trump’s EPA would seek to revoke its unique powers, California’s clean-air regulator made athat is not as tough as the Obama standards, but is more ambitious than the administration’s proposal. The agreement between the California Air Resources Board and the automakers — Ford, Honda, Volkswagen and BMW — covers about 30% of new cars and SUVs sold in the U.S.
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