EPA Touts Overcompliance With Vehicle GHG Rule Amid Gas Price Doubts

EPA is reporting strong early compliance with its greenhouse gas (GHG) rules for light-duty vehicles, but as officials prepare for a mid-term review of the program, questions linger about future compliance as consumers are increasingly purchasing less-efficient vehicles due to slumping gas prices and industry braces for a loss of a key source of credits from the sale of flex-fuel vehicles. Agency officials are downplaying such concerns. Acting EPA air chief Janet McCabe said on a March 26 press call...