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September 18, 2019

EPA set to kill California fuel standards

  • EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler told a car dealers group that the Trump administration would take steps to establish one nationwide set of fuel-economy standards.
    • By MICHAEL BIESECKER
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is poised to revoke California's authority to set auto mileage standards, asserting that only the federal government has the power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy.

    Conservative and free-market groups have been asked to attend a formal announcement of the rollback set for Wednesday afternoon at Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington.


     
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