Move marks president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and support for cleaner-running vehicles

Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he is repealing the Biden-era federal fuel economy standards, significantly weakening fuel efficiency requirements for tens of millions of new gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.

It marks the US president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and federal support for cleaner-running vehicles and renewable energy. Burning gasoline is a significant contributor to global heating and transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.

“We are officially terminating Joe Biden’s ridiculously burdensome, horrible actually, Cafe standards that imposed expensive restrictions,” Trump said in an Oval Office announcement, flanked by top auto executives including the CEOs of Ford and Stellantis. “It put tremendous upward pressure on car prices, combined with the insane electric vehicle mandate.”

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[–] 9 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Great, another way to give oil companies more money and still ignoring the cost of living crisis we are all struggling to deal with.

Another GOP idea that will hurt us way more than it will help.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Another GOP idea that will hurt us way more than it will help.


    It'll help. It'll even be pleasant for the rich donors. The filthy plebiscite deserves to eat the shit it wallows in because the rich have all the money.

    -The corrupt politicians fucking us over.

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