The new administration is considering issuing an executive order that would revoke California’s ability to set its own fuel-efficiency standards. (Justin Sullivan/GETTY IMAGES)The Environmental Protection Agency plans to announce its intent to withdraw final determination on strict fuel-efficiency standards for future cars and light trucks, the latest signal by the Trump administration that it is charting a new course on climate change. The EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration agreed to review the 2022-2025 standards when they set them five years ago, but the EPA concluded in December that no revision was necessary. It finalized the standards a week before Trump took office. [Can California set America’s fuel standards in Trump’s America?]

Source: Washington Post March 03, 2017 23:50 UTC