Trump administration eyes truck emissions standards for its next climate rollback
The Trump administration plans to revisit greenhouse gas emissions and efficiency standards for freight trucks just months before the standards are scheduled to take effect, a decision environmental groups view as yet another capitulation by the administration to industry demands.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation announced on Thursday formal steps to begin reconsidering the greenhouse gas pollution and fuel economy standards of large trucks, focused on the standards for freight trailers. The Obama administration designed the standards to make heavy-duty tractor-trailers more efficient and less polluting.
The standards received heavy criticism from the trucking industry, which argued the EPA did not have authority to regulate them under the Clean Air Act. On Thursday, the EPA said that in response to “concerns raised by stakeholders in the trailer and glider industry,” it would be taking another look at the standards.
https://thinkprogress.org/pruitt-rollback-freight-truck-emissions-b6ab9ad57636/
And then when someone that is put back into this agency to undo the damage this ass**** buddies is causing, in my opinion, they should pay the health bills of human being and destruction of wildlife, water, air, this is just f**king outrages
