Trump fuel economy rollback is based on misleading and shoddy calculations, study finds

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Kevin Yaworski

Collection of several articles and scientific research analysis.

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The Trump Administration on August 2, 2018, released a proposal to freeze model year vehicle greenhouse gas (GHG) and fuel economy standards at model year 2020 levels through model year 2026, while taking comment on a range of alternatives.

Trump fuel economy rollback is based on misleading and shoddy calculations, study finds

Los Angeles Times
The Trump administration’s plan to roll back vehicle fuel economy standards is based .... While acknowledging it would increase oil consumption, air pollution and planet-warming emissions, they argued that tough fuel ….

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Science 07 Dec 2018:
POLICY FORUMENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
Vol. 362, Issue 6419, pp. 1119-1121
DOI: 10.1126/science.aav1458
See research article for references

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Wikipedia

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Science

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