The Biden administration announced new emissions standards that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from vehicles.
by MATTHEW DALY and TOM KRISHER | Associated PressFILE - President Joe Biden drives a Cadillac Lyriq through the show room during a tour at the Detroit Auto Show, Sept. 14, 2022, in Detroit. Wednesday that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles.
The new rule slows implementation of stricter pollution standards from 2027 through 2029, after the auto industry called proposed benchmarks unworkable. The rule ramps up to nearly reach the level the EPA preferred by 2032. The Supreme Court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, has increasingly reined in the powers of federal agencies, including the EPA, in recent years. The justices have restricted the EPA's authority to fight air and water pollution — including a landmark 2022 ruling that limited the EPA's authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming.
"Over time, these rules will prevent more carbon pollution than the entire U.S. economy coughs up in a year," said Manish Bapna, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council. In the short term, the rules "will save drivers money at the pump and cut tailpipe pollution that endangers public health," he added.
"The bottom line is that the administration is caving to pressure from big oil, big auto and the dealers to stall progress on EVs and now allow more pollution from cars," Becker said.At a Detroit-area rally in September, Trump insisted Biden's embrace of electric vehicles — a key component of his clean-energy agenda — would ultimately lead to lost jobs.
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