Trump plans to revoke California fuel economy standards

The Trump administration plans to set a nationwide standard for automotive emissions and fuel economy, depriving California of the waiver that allows it to set its own standards, according to an administration official. The proposal is expected some time this month from the Environmental Protection Agency. California has had stricter fuel economy and auto emissions standards for decades. The state's laws were enacted before the passage of the Clean Air Act to curb the automobile air pollution in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Congress granted California a waiver to make stricter standards law in the state for public health reasons. Twelve states and the District of Columbia chose to adopt the California standards, too. The different standards have meant that automakers who want to sell cars in these states either must manufacture two sets of cars — those that meet the California standards and those that meet the looser national standards — or they could follow the California standards for all their cars. Some have already decided to side with California...MORE