California-Auto GHG Deal Boosts Pressure On White House, Industry

California’s deal with four major automakers setting vehicle greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards, which tracks closely with industry’s requested changes to the current rules, is increasing pressure on other auto companies and the White House to abandon their aggressive rollback plans and embrace a compromise. The July 25 deal endorses regulatory stringency that experts say falls roughly midway between the current, Obama-era standards and the Trump administration’s proposal to freeze requirements at model year 2020 levels. However, EPA and...