Environmental group blasts Trump’s plan to roll back auto emissions regulations: ‘Everyone with lungs will pay the price’
Share:
Vehicles that run on gas emit greenhouse gases that warm the planet, resulting in drought and other consequences of climate change. “With the fires in Los Angeles still smoldering, trying to take away California’s clean car protections is cynical, cruel, and illegal. Our kids and everyone with lungs will pay the price for these politically motivated rollbacks of protections for our air and the climate,” Dan Becker, director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Safe Climate Transport Campaign, said in a statement shared with The Independent.
![[Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, speaks during his Senate confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Zeldin declined to commit to rolling back an ‘EV mandate’]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/17/20/GettyImages-2194254180.jpg)
“That’s why we’re fighting back to block his illegal actions. See you in court, Mr. Trump.”. Becker also stressed that such rollbacks, including canceling a waiver allowing states to set strong auto pollution standards, would result in higher prices, more pollution and weaker competitiveness.
“Trump’s attacking the biggest single step ever taken to fight climate pollution. That’s a victory for his cronies in the oil and auto industries but may well leave his voters with buyer’s remorse,” Becker said. “Consumers will pay more at the pump, automakers will lose EV buyers and health care costs will go up from people breathing dirtier air.“.
Trump transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt reportedly told the news agency that U.S. voters had given Trump a mandate to deliver on campaign promises, including stopping federal attacks on gas-powered cars. “When he takes office, President Trump will support the auto industry, allowing space for both gas-powered cars and electric vehicles,” Leavitt said in a statement.
