Press Releases

Today, Congressional Safe Climate Caucus co-chairs Reps. Alan Lowenthal and Don Beyer released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency announced its decision to roll back the clean car standards: 

“By rolling back these clean car standards, President Trump and Scott Pruitt have again proved that they will prioritize deregulation over all else. Not all in the auto industry wanted weaker clean car regulation and the American taxpayer will see the financial pain at the pump.

“Transportation is now the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. These clean car standards require more fuel efficient vehicles, meaning less gas to travel the same distance and by burning less fuel, fewer greenhouse gas emissions are emitted.

“These clean car standards were calculated to save American consumers about $50 billion in 2030, reduce global warming emissions by 280 million metric tons by the same year, and help create an estimated 650,000 jobs nationwide. This decision will stifle innovation within the auto industry, harm the health of the American people, and take us back years in the fight against climate change.

“We should be striving to make all forms of transportation cleaner and more efficient – which is better for the pocketbooks of Americans and the health of the planet. Instead, the Trump Administration has yet again chosen to willfully ignore the growing threat of climate change.”