GOP, Oil Sector Vow Auto Standards Fight As White House Touts Flexibility

Republican lawmakers and oil sector groups are quickly vowing to oppose EPA’s just-issued final emissions standards for passenger vehicles, claiming they would “ban” gasoline-fueled cars, even as automakers are praising the agency’s decision to reduce the rule’s near-term stringency and Biden officials tout the measure’s flexibility. Signs of pushback include GOP promises to pursue a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to block the rule -- which would almost certainly fail to be enacted over a veto from President Joe Biden...