The regulatory rollback on vehicle pollution will relax restrictions on tailpipe emissions of carbon dioxide and will not require action by Congress. The nation’s largest auto companies told Mr. Trump last month that they found those technical requirements too burdensome. If the Trump administration goes backward, the U.S. won’t be able to compete globally,” said Margo T. Oge, a former senior E.P.A. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThose regulations are locked into place for vehicle model years through 2021, and just before Mr. Trump took office, the E.P.A. did not jointly release its plan to do so with the Transportation Department, leaving a legal loophole for the Trump administration to take advantage of.

Source: New York Times March 04, 2017 03:56 UTC