CARB's Nichols Urges Automakers To Pressure Trump On Vehicle GHG Deal

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California's top air regulator is urging automakers to pressure the Trump administration not to move forward with a "wholesale rollback" of Obama-era vehicle greenhouse gas and fuel economy limits, arguing it is in their interest to help find a "negotiated" solution between the state and federal officials."I am still of the view that there could be an agreement with the Trump administration, if the auto companies will use their considerable political and economic influence" to persuade the Trump administration to reach a deal, Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), said during an April 19 event hosted by the American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education (ALI-CLE).Such a deal would "try to make the standards more usable, something [automakers] feel they can comply with more readily, as opposed to doing the wholesale rollback that the administration is threatening," she added.