Vehicle GHG Standards

In 2012, the U.S. Government finalized the Clean Car Standards, which were adopted with broad support from automakers, labor and consumers. In August 2018, EPA proposed to roll back theses standards. EPN and Save EPA Ann Arbor collaborated on formal comments conveying that this rollback would increase greenhouse gas emissions and harmful air pollutants that endanger public health. In n March 2020, EPA and DOT finalized the rollback.

Reducing Air Emissions from Mobile Sources

EPN Issues Press Release as Trump Administration Finalizes Rule to Roll Back Clean Car Standards

EPN Presents Testimony on Rollback of Clean Car Standards at SAB Public Teleconference

EPN Submits Supplemental Technical Comments on Rollback of Clean Car Standards

Proposed Regulatory Rollback of Clean Car Standards

EPN and Save EPA Ann Arbor Comment on EPA’s Proposed Rollback of the Clean Car Standards

EPA Alumni Explain the Risks of the Proposed Rollback of Clean Car Standards

EPA Alumni Testify: Proposed Rule Takes Vehicle Emissions Standards in Wrong Direction

Biden Faces Pressure to Drive Gasoline and Diesel Cars Out of the US

April 30, 2021 / by

Oliver Milman /

The Guardian

Margo Oge, EPN member and former Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article regarding a call for a national mandate for zero emission vehicles. She was quoted in a similar article appearing in The Hill.

Air, Vehicle GHG Standards

Trump Administration Sidelined Experts in Writing Car Pollution Rules, EPA Watchdog Finds

April 21, 2021 / by

Dino Grandoni /

The Washington Post

Jeff Alson, EPN member and former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article about the EPA Inspector General’s recent report examining the rollback of auto emission standards under the Trump administration.

Air, Regulatory Rollbacks, Vehicle GHG Standards

Trump Aides Locked EPA Scientists Out of Auto Emissions Rulemaking, Agency Admits

April 21, 2021 / by

Michael Hiltzik /

Los Angeles Times

Jeff Alson, EPN member and former Senior Engineer and Policy Advisor, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article regarding the EPA Inspector General’s report on the preparation of the 2020 SAFE Vehicles Rule.

Air, Regulatory Rollbacks, Vehicle GHG Standards

Appeals Court Agrees to Pause Lawsuit Over Trump-Era Emissions Rule

April 5, 2021 / by

Zack Budryk /

The Hill

Jeff Alson, EPN member and former Senior Engineer and Policy Adviser, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality, was quoted in this article discussing a petition to overturn the Trump-era Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient vehicles rule and a probe investigating whether career EPA staff were excluded from development of the rule.