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Related: About this forumWhite House moving forward to strip California of vehicle authority: sources
Source: Reuters
ENVIRONMENT SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 / 9:53 PM / UPDATED 25 MINUTES AGO
White House moving forward to strip California of vehicle authority: sources
David Shepardson
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to revoke Californias authority to set its own vehicle greenhouse gas standards and declare that states are pre-empted from setting their own vehicle rules, three people briefed on the matter said on Thursday.
President Donald Trump met with senior officials on Thursday at the White House to discuss the administrations plan to divide its August 2018 proposal to rollback Obama era standards through 2025 and revoke Californias waiver under the Clean Air Act to set state requirements for vehicles, the people said.
The meeting included Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, National Economic Council director Larry Kudlow, Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and acting Office and Management and Budget director Russell Vought, the sources said.
The White House and the agencies declined to comment.
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)California.
CousinIT
(9,151 posts)....it will cost them (and car buyers) a LOT of money to completely change their exhaust and emission systems BACK to the old ones or scrap their future designs. They don't want to do that.
This is FUCKING INSANE and is nothing but a goddamned giveaway to the filthy fossil fuel industry - Big oil & gas, Kochs, Exxon-Mobil, BP et al.
napi21
(45,806 posts)When THIS one goes to courts, he'll loose!
Skittles
(152,964 posts)FUCK them
mountain grammy
(26,568 posts)Come on, Nancy. You're from California. Impeach this motherfucker!