EPA tightens car emission standards, tosses Trump-era rules

摘要

EPA Administrator Michael Regan today unveiled car emissions rules that are more stringent than originally proposed, pushing forward the Biden administration’s twin goals of combating climate change and promoting electric vehicles. “This day is truly historic,” a bundled-up Regan said outside EPA headquarters, flanked by air advocates and electric vehicles made by some of the country’s biggest automakers. “Today we are setting robust and rigorous standards that will protect people’s health.” He declared that the new rules are “grounded in science” yet “achievable” for the industry, proclaiming that by model year 2026, the standards would be the most stringent in U.S. history.