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Eugene

(61,592 posts)
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 10:18 PM Sep 2019

White 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
3 MIN READ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to revoke California’s 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 administration’s plan to divide its August 2018 proposal to rollback Obama era standards through 2025 and revoke California’s 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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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-emissions-california/white-house-moving-forward-to-strip-california-of-vehicle-authority-sources-idUSKCN1VY04H

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White House moving forward to strip California of vehicle authority: sources (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2019 OP
t-rump and miller plus republicans hate Iliyah Sep 2019 #1
This will end up in courts. Even the car manufacturers don't want this ... CousinIT Sep 2019 #2
Orangeman kust today was bragging about his win in the courts re: immigration. napi21 Sep 2019 #3
isn't it repukes who are always screaming about STATES RIGHTS Skittles Sep 2019 #4
you know, enough already! mountain grammy Sep 2019 #5

CousinIT

(9,151 posts)
2. This will end up in courts. Even the car manufacturers don't want this ...
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 10:43 PM
Sep 2019

....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)
3. Orangeman kust today was bragging about his win in the courts re: immigration.
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 10:49 PM
Sep 2019

When THIS one goes to courts, he'll loose!

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