Environmentalists Mount Last-Minute Push For Tough Vehicle GHG Rule

Environmentalists and energy efficiency advocates are ramping up last-minute pressure on EPA to issue stringent federal vehicle greenhouse gas standards expected to be proposed possibly this week, including releasing a new analysis suggesting the Biden administration should float rules equivalent to at least a 55-miles-per-gallon (mpg) standard for model-year 2026 vehicles to counter Trump administration rollbacks. “To recover the full emissions reductions that the Obama standards would have delivered, the new standards would need to reach a compliance level of...