Vehicle GHG Rule Backers Brace For 'Rebound,' Safety Claims In Rollback

Environmentalists and other supporters of Obama-era vehicle greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards are bracing for the Trump administration's upcoming rollback of the rules to significantly rely on minimizing the rules' benefits, including by assuming a large “rebound effect” from fuel economy gains and asserting the rules harm safety. The concerns came up as part of a broader July 16 press call hosted by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), in which panelists cited expectations the proposed rollback could surface within “the...