Advocates Fight Industry Claim That PM Limits Distract From EV Push

Environmental and public health advocates are ramping up calls for EPA to finalize strict passenger vehicle emissions limits that would effectively require particulate matter (PM) filters, disputing automaker claims that the requirements are a costly distraction from electrification investments touted as a climate strategy. Detailed in multiple recent letters sent to President Joe Biden, the environmentalists’ advocacy comes in the wake of public comments from automakers either objecting to the de facto filter requirements or urging that they be...