Carper Attacks Vehicle GHG Rollback Flaws In Call For Compromise Policy

Senate environment panel ranking member Tom Carper (D-DE) is attacking a lengthy but “non-exhaustive” list of “significant deficiencies” in EPA and the Transportation Department's (DOT) plan to freeze Obama-era vehicle climate and fuel economy rules, urging the agencies to instead craft a compromise policy with states and automakers. In an Oct. 16 letter to the agencies , Carper details his critiques, including a claim officials are using “inaccurate and/or disputed” estimates of the cost to comply with the current greenhouse...