CARB Sees ‘Staggering Array’ Of New Rules Due To Trump Vehicle GHG Plan

California air chief Mary Nichols is reiterating warnings about the adverse impacts of the Trump administration’s proposed rollback of vehicle greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards and its preemption of stricter state limits, saying it will force states to take a series of “dramatic” regulatory steps to offset the resulting emissions increases. “Let me be clear. If this federal rollback goes into effect, agencies in California and other states will need to take a staggering array of new regulatory actions...