There seems to be no end to the issues in which blue California finds itself at odds with a Republican-controlled federal government – and smog is a new one.
President Donald Trump, saying he wants a “common sense” approach, signaled this week that he will roll back auto fuel economy standards the Obama administration had finalized just before handing off to Trump.
The rules had enshrined a landmark deal in which the auto industry agreed, albeit reluctantly, that cars sold to the entire nation would have the same fleet mileage standards – 54.5 miles per gallon – as California wants for 2022-25 model years. That’s a 50 percent increase from the current mileage standard.
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