Trump to propose blocking California from enforcing clean fuel emissions standards for cars

[CousinIT]

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/398372-trump-admin-to-propose-blocking-californias-clean-car-standards

The Trump administration is planning a proposal to block California regulators from enforcing their own emissions standards for vehicles sold in the state.

Bloomberg News reported Monday that the proposal will be part of a regulation the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will jointly propose in the coming days to freeze or reduce federal greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency rules for cars.

The proposal would set up a battle with California over whether the Clean Air Act allows its decades-long aggressive crackdown on car emissions. The fight is almost certain to go to court if the administration pursues it.

The rules have become part of California’s environmental identity, as well as part of its efforts to clean the air in Los Angeles and other heavily polluted areas.

The Obama administration permitted California to set its own greenhouse gas emissions for cars in 2009, giving it a waiver under the Clean Air Act. Numerous other states now follow California’s standards.

[machoneman]

1. This effort will fail...

but only after lots of court time and wasted $. State's rights and the EPA's long history of enforcing settled law gives CA a huge advantage here.

[Ohiogal]

2. That was my thought exactly.

Is this something really worth spending the time and the $ on for a long drawn out court battle?

Trump sure is an idiot.

[Volaris]

3. This is the kind of shit that pisses me off about Republicans generally...

They scream 'oh..but States Rights, States Rights', right up to the point where it might cost their rich donors so much as a thin nickel, and then they're all about them some Big Gubmit stepping on the little people.

Fuck them. They might not all be legally definable as traitors, but they betray what they claim to stand for on the daily.

[smirkymonkey]

5. +1000

This EXACTLY!

[Blaukraut]

6. Thank you! N/t

[kysrsoze]

4. Good fucking luck with that. The whole attempt is futile.

The electric horse has left the barn. China and India are going electric, and they are massive markets. The major car companies are all planning to phase out gas and diesel, and those who don’t will be left in the dust.