EPA Staff Crafts New Analysis Of Flaws, Possible Fixes For Vehicle GHG Plan

April 15, 2019
EPA staff has prepared a new draft review that includes possible remedies for widely criticized assumptions in the Trump administration's proposed freeze of vehicle greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards, assumptions that critics say artificially boost the safety, cost and other benefits of the proposal while understating its environmental impacts. It is not clear whether the analysis will significantly alter the pending joint rulemaking with the Transportation Department (DOT), amid numerous signs that the administration is poised to finalize a...


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