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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

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Wheeler adduced four reasons to support that argument: price, safety, environmental impact and incentivizing the purchase of new, cleaner, safer cars. In order to comply with the Obama standards, auto makers need to sell many more electric vehicles. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). —Andrew Wheeler. Environmental impact.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. The Cantwell-Collins plan is almost exactly what Mr. Obama proposed in the campaign and after first taking office–a 100 percent auction of permits and a large tax rebate to the public. Representatives Henry A.

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