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Dear John,
The Trump Administration is expected to put America’s clean car standards into reverse — slashing important protections that clean up our air, create jobs, and save us money at the pump.
Now, reckless automakers GM, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota and others have all sided with the Trump administration’s backward move. Here’s what’s at stake with these rollbacks:
- Increased costs: Weakening standards = less fuel efficient cars = families pay hundreds of dollars more in fuel. Current emission and fuel efficiency standards save families an average of $266-400 per month on fuel.
- Loss of jobs: the rollbacks would prevent the creation of or eliminate between 89,000 and 202,000 jobs.
- More cars = more pollution: Putting more polluting cars on America’s roads hurts all of us – threatening the health of our most vulnerable communities, especially children, the elderly, communities of color and low-income communities.
Tell these automakers that their support of the Trump administration’s move to roll back clean car standards is unacceptable.
Last September, the Trump administration moved forward with its plan to gut states’ authority to adopt stricter tailpipe pollution standards than those set by the federal government. Some automakers don’t want to throw years of progress in reverse. Ford, Honda, and BMW have opted to continue making cleaner cars and sided with states.
Many of the manufacturers once stood side by side with environmental, labor, and consumer groups in support of creating these strong clean car standards. But by siding with Trump’s attacks on the clean car standards, GM, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan, Subaru and Kia have turned their backs on American consumers who overwhelmingly want more fuel efficient vehicles. 
This isn’t a one sided issue, 24 bipartisan governors – representing 52 percent of the nation’s population and 57 percent of the U.S. economy – have affirmed their support for strong clean car standards and preserving state authority.
We’re working with groups across the country to urge automakers to support cleaner cars and state’s ability to set stricter standards. We’ll be delivering your signature along with the thousands our partners have collected to Toyota, GM, Fiat Chrysler, Nissan, Subaru and Kia.
We need your help- sign this petition and call out these automakers today.
Thanks for taking action,
Eleanor
Senior Campaign Manager
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