By Fred Krupp Sept. 9, 2019 6:37 pm ET The Trump administration’s fight with auto makers over clean-car standards is unnecessary. Only a decade ago, state and national leaders, environmental advocates and auto executives came together to compromise for the common good. Their 2009 clean-car agreement put the U.S. on a path to less climate pollution, greater savings at the pump and the regulatory certainty that auto makers need to manage long-term capital investment.
At this point, several auto companies forged an alternative path. Since much of the world, including Canada, Asia and Europe, is demanding cleaner vehicles, four auto makers agreed with California in July on voluntary principles that would reduce pollution and provide the certainty and stability car makers need.
Now the Trump administration is trying to stop them with everything it can muster. This includes an antitrust investigation and a challenge from the Transportation Department and the Environmental Protection Agency to states’ authority to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions outright.
opinion EnvDefenseFund FredKrupp just being mean spirited n hate of what Obama did He does it to spite Obama
opinion EnvDefenseFund FredKrupp “Car companies want stricter emission standards. And dairy farmers are proponents of soy milk.”
opinion EnvDefenseFund FredKrupp Most of what this administration does and says is unnecessary, this kind of behavior is just another instance of corruption. Trump could care less about Americans or what is right, the only thing he cares about is what fills his pockets
opinion EnvDefenseFund FredKrupp Never a mention about what these “clean car standards” are costing the buyer, or even whether or not people want the damn things. I know! How about we let the buyer decide what they want, and not force everyone to drive those little obama-cars? How about standardized fuel?
opinion EnvDefenseFund FredKrupp Not to mention the fact that Trump is trampling states' rights on this one. If the auto manufacturers have no problem with it and the people of California want it, then why should the executive branch intervene to shut it down?