Vehicle GHG Rule Sees Lost Auto Jobs, Complicating Economic Pitch

The Trump administration’s own analysis for its final rollback of vehicle greenhouse gas standards estimates that the policy will actually reduce up to 20,000 auto sector jobs, a finding that complicates President Donald Trump’s claims that the rule keeps a promise to boost the auto industry and the broader economy. The projections provide another opening for critics to rebut arguments that the rule balances economic and the environmental priorities, amid wide-spread attacks on the rule for boosting emissions of both...