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EPA Nominee Pruitt Would Review CAFE Rule
Scott Pruitt, the Trump administration’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, says he intends to review the regulatory organization’s decision last week to lock in escalating corporate average fuel economy standards through 2025.
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Scott Pruitt, the Trump administration’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, says he intends to review the regulatory organization’s decision last week to lock in escalating corporate average fuel economy standards through 2025.
EPA was required by the CAFE standards, which were enacted in 2012, to review their viability no later than April 2018. The agency accelerated the process, concluding the industry could meet the original timetable at relatively low cost and with existing technologies.
Pruitt has challenged EPA’s oil industry regulations in his role as Oklahoma’s attorney general. He indicated during a contentious Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday that he also might end an exception that has allowed California to set its own air quality standards.
The standards will push new-car fleet averages above 50 mpg by 2025. The Obama administration figured the targets would cost the auto industry $200 billion over 13 years but save car owners $1.7 trillion in fuel costs.
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