EPA confirms that current emission standards for cars and trucks are not appropriate and should be revised
- Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is announcing the completion of the Midterm Evaluation process for the greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and light trucks for model years 2022-2025, and his final determination that, in light of recent data, the current standards are not appropriate and should be revised.
- \Administrator Pruitt is also announcing the start of a joint process with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to develop a notice and comment rulemaking to set more appropriate GHG emissions standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards. EPA Release (related tickers: F, GM, HMC, TM, CARZ, XLE)