Consumer group targets automakers over Trump GHG rollback

A consumer group is launching an advertising campaign against three major automakers, seeking to pressure the companies to disavow the Trump administration's proposal to roll back Obama-era vehicle greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards. The digital advertisements , unveiled Aug. 6 by Public Citizen, target Ford, Toyota and General Motors by seeking to tie them to the Trump rollback plan. The group charges that the three companies “lobbied behind the scenes for the standards to be weakened.” The ads include...