Amid Looming Rollback, EPA Floats Vehicle GHG Credit 'Amendments'

June 15, 2018
Even as the Trump administration is poised to unveil its proposed rule for rolling back Obama-era light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards, EPA is advancing a new draft plan that could give automakers more generous compliance credits for advanced vehicles and other technologies. The draft plan -- billed as “technical amendments” to EPA's GHG standards -- could ease industry's ability to comply with the standards by providing more generous credits. It also comes as the administration in its...


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