Top Trump Officials Clash Over Plan to Let Cars Pollute More
Source: MSN/NY Times
WASHINGTON Senior administration officials are clashing over President Trumps plan to roll back a major environmental rule and let cars emit more tailpipe pollution, according to 11 people familiar with the confrontation, in a dispute over whether the proposal can withstand legal challenge.
The rollback, one of the most consequential proposals of the Trump administration, not only would permit more planet-warming pollution from cars, it would also challenge the right of California and other states to set their own, more restrictive state-level pollution standards.
On one side is the Environmental Protection Agencys acting chief, Andrew Wheeler, who has tried to put the brakes on the plan, fearing that its legal and technical arguments are weak and will set up the Trump administration for an embarrassing courtroom loss. Mr. Wheeler inherited the proposal from his predecessor, Scott Pruitt, who resigned on July 5 under a cloud of ethics investigations.
On the other side are top officials at the Transportation Department, Jeffrey A. Rosen and Heidi King, two of the proposals chief authors. Mr. Rosen, a former George W. Bush administration official known for his zeal to undo federal regulations, is pushing the controversial proposal on the expectation that by the time any challenge makes it to the Supreme Court, the courts makeup will be more friendly to a conservative, anti-regulatory policy, according to individuals familiar with his thinking.
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RainCaster
(10,853 posts)That used to be the rallying cry of the GOP.
So was 'family values' now we have a triple divorcer in the WH
Patriotism has been replaced with fealty to Russia
How soon can we get rid of these goons?
truthisfreedom
(23,141 posts)STATES RIGHTS!
STATES RIGHTS!
STATES RIGHTS!
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)Let me lock you in a car with the windows up until you make sense!
We are literally on fire and dying from the heat.
Greedy fucking bastards!
TomCADem
(17,387 posts)Trump's efforts to increase pollution and promote gas guzzling cars is why the Koch Brothers will ultimately support Trump.