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Hi John,
We hope you and your loved ones are remaining safe during these challenging times.
Even in the middle of a global crisis, the Trump Administration continues to hamper our ability to reach critical climate goals. Instead of working to protect Americans, the EPA is endangering our health and safety by rolling back Obama-era fuel-efficiency standards. This week, the administration finalized its SAFE Vehicles Rule. But there's nothing “safe” about it: This rule will place 1 billion more tons of carbon dioxide in the air. That’s equal to a year’s worth of emissions from 216 million passenger vehicles.
It’s the latest in a growing list of rollbacks from the administration, which is also “loosening controls on toxic ash from coal plants, relaxing restrictions on mercury emissions and weakening the consideration of climate change in environmental reviews for most infrastructure projects,” as Lisa Friedman recently reported. And what’s more, when he should have been focused on shoring up the federal government’s continued insufficient response to the pandemic and economic crisis, the President is meeting with oil barons at the White House today.
Luckily, companies and communities are working around the clock to make sure Americans have one less thing to worry about: access to electricity. Let’s take a look this week.
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