Washington, D.C. — Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to revoke its 2009 endangerment finding, which determined that greenhouse gases present a risk to public health and served as the basis for federal standards on vehicle emissions, methane emissions from oil and gas operations, and power plant emissions. The EPA’s passenger-vehicle tailpipe emissions standards were last updated in March 2024 and were set to save drivers $58 billion on gasoline per year, on average, between 2027 and 2055.
In response, Trevor Higgins, senior vice president for Energy and Environment at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement:
This administration seems determined to make people pay for more fuel, even if it means assigning zero value to human life, denying that climate change is dangerous, and exposing children to pollution. For decades, the rules for improving new cars and trucks have saved drivers billions of dollars at the pump and lowered gasoline prices for everyone by bringing more affordable electric vehicles and fuel-efficient cars to the market. Unfortunately, the oil industry would prefer that Americans spend more on gasoline, not less, and the Trump administration is willing to twist the power of government to their benefit.
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