Trump to Undo Vehicle Rules That Curb Global Warming -<br />By CORAL DAVENPORTMARCH 3, 2017<br />WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected to begin rolling back stringent federal regulations on vehicle pollution<br />that contributes to global warming, according to people familiar with the matter, essentially marking a U-turn to efforts to force the American auto industry to produce more electric cars.<br />He also predicted that “if this administration goes after the California waiver, there will be an all-out brawl between Trump<br />and California and the other states that will defend its program.”<br />The tailpipe pollution regulations were among Mr. Obama’s major initiatives to reduce global warming and were put forth jointly by the E. P.A.<br />During the same week, and possibly on the same day, Mr. Trump is expected to direct Mr. Pruitt to begin the more lengthy<br />and legally complex process of dismantling the Clean Power Plan, Mr. Obama’s rules to cut planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants.<br />The E. P.A.’s Clean Power Plan regulations, which would cut climate-warming pollution<br />from power plants, will probably be much harder for Mr. Pruitt to undo.<br />The automakers estimated their industry would have to spend a “staggering” $200 billion between 2012<br />and 2025 to comply and said the tailpipe emissions rule was far more expensive for the industry than enforcing the Clean Power Plan.<br />After withdrawing the Obama administration’s requirement for model years 2022 through 2025, the Trump administration<br />will have a year to put forth an alternative set of efficiency standards, people familiar with the matter said.
