Groups Ramp Up Bid To Obtain EPA Vehicle GHG Rule Cost Assumptions

Environmentalists are joining Capitol Hill Democrats in an effort to obtain more information on EPA cost assumptions related to the Trump administration's planned rollback of vehicle fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards, arguing the agency has improperly ignored its own data in favor of more pessimistic estimates from the Transportation Department. A Dec. 3 lawsuit from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) urges a federal court to compel EPA to release information related to a...