“Amid a spiraling health crisis and economic turmoil, Trump is recklessly driving us over a climate cliff,” said Dan Becker, director of Safe Climate Campaign.
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As the nation grapples with the coronavirus outbreak crisis, the Trump administration intends to further threaten public health and advance its attacks on environmental regulations with a new rule neutering Obama-era vehicle mileage standards, according to multiple news reports Monday.
The administration is expected to announce the new rule Tuesday.
The Obama administration in 2012 ordered automakers to have a 5% annual increase in fuel efficiency for model years beginning in 2021‚ a standard that would bring the equivalent of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. The Trump administration will significantly weaken that standard and instead require a 1.5% annual increase, putting the 2025 at 40 mpg.
“Of all the bad things President Trump has done to the environment, this is the worst,” said Dan Becker, director of Safe Climate Campaign.
“Amid a spiraling health crisis and economic turmoil, Trump is recklessly driving us over a climate cliff,” Becker added.
As Bloomberg reported,
The final regulation’s release will conclude a years-long effort to dismantle the ambitious […]
It is not how many miles per gallon your car gets that is important. It is how many miles you drive (if you have a gas powered vehicle). My old 1990 Toyota has only 125,000 miles on it because we do not drive it often. It is like the old signs from the 1929 depression said: “is this trip really necessary?”.