Automakers had lobbied Trump to take another look at the 54.5-miles-per-gallon standard, which was introduced in 2012 but not immediately finalized. Trump’s EPA will now take a year to study whether the standard still makes sense, as the Obama administration originally said it would do. The official said Trump has not yet decided to lower the standard. David Doniger, director of the climate program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, professed optimism of a different kind. Trump, he said, is proposing “deeply unpopular” policies that will generate pushback even from Trump voters and from a Republican Congress.

Source: thestar March 15, 2017 09:00 UTC