Nissa Koerner nissa.koerner@sierraclub.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Bloomberg reported that internal emails from the Trump Administration showed experts at the Environmental Protection Agency told the Department of Transportation that rolling back the Obama era clean car standards would increase highway deaths. This is in stark contrast to the Administration’s -- including the EPA -- rationale for the rollback, claiming that freezing the fuel efficiency requirements would save 1,000 lives a year.
In response, Sierra Club Deputy Advocacy Director of the Clean Transportation for All Campaign Andrew Linhardt released the following statement:
"Donald Trump and Andrew Wheeler have made it clear that they care more about lining their friends’ pockets than the safety of the American people. It’s absolutely appalling that they ignored all the evidence showing the health and safety benefits of the Clean Car Standards in favor of destroying clean air and healthy communities. Wheeler must pull their proposed rule back and focus on strengthening the standards -- as the people and facts support -- rather than continue with this charade.”
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