Despite Uncertainties, Automakers Back EPA Bid To Ease Vehicle GHG Rules

Automaker trade groups are bolstering the Trump EPA's defense of its determination that vehicle greenhouse gas standards should be weakened, despite uncertainties about whether they will publicly support the administration's specific regulations to rollback the rules. In an April 15 brief filed in State of California, et al., v. EPA in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the Alliance of Automobile Manufactures and Association of Global Automakers argue that the Trump administration's relatively short...