Ewire: California's Nichols to meet with White House, automakers

California Air Resources Board (CARB) chief Mary Nichols, the state's top air regulator, is in Washington today, slated to meet with automaker trade groups and then with Trump officials amid a high-stakes negotiation over Trump's draft plan to rollback Obama-era passenger vehicle greenhouse gas and fuel economy limits. Bloomberg has a woman-in-the-news profile of Nichols, describing her as an experienced environmental official who has garnered respect from both environmentalists and industry officials. Among other interesting tidbits in the piece is...