Three automakers have joined the Trump administration's assault on clean
car standards.
If successful, they'll cost drivers billions in fuel costs and add
billions of tons of climate-busting carbon pollution to our atmosphere —
just to bolster their profits.
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Dear NRDC Activist,
President Trump is continuing his assault on strong clean car standards
and the Clean Air Act — and, now, three major automakers just joined the
attack.
General Motors, Toyota, and Fiat Chrysler have formally sided with the
Trump administration's dangerous attempts to illegally strip California
and 13 other states of their long-held authority to set stronger clean car
standards than the federal government.
If successful, they will set a dangerous legal precedent that could stop
states from curtailing air pollution — costing consumers nearly half a
trillion dollars in additional fuel costs, axing tens of thousands of
American jobs making clean car technologies, and setting us back in our
campaign to stop climate change. We need your help to fight back.
[ [link removed] ]Call on the CEOs of GM, Toyota, and Fiat Chrysler to reverse course
immediately and drop their misguided attack on clean car standards!
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Transportation — from cars and pickups to tractor trailers, airplanes and
more — is now the single-largest source of carbon pollution in the United
States.
Strong clean car standards are at the heart of U.S. efforts to fight
climate change and reduce air pollution from transportation. And for
decades, a majority of Americans and many politicians on both sides of the
aisle have supported states' authority to set stronger clean car standards
than the federal government's.
These automakers previously claimed they wanted a compromise between state
and Trump administration officials to avoid litigation and the business
uncertainty that comes with it. Now, these three automakers have dropped
the mask of compromise in favor of all-out war against the authority of
California and other states to curb pollution from cars and trucks —
risking our climate progress just to bolster their own profits.
[ [link removed] ]Enough is enough. Tell GM, Toyota, and Fiat Chrysler to drop their
assault on our climate progress and allow states to continue curbing air
pollution on their own accord — as they've done since 1970. Send your
urgent message to these short-sighted [or reckless?] CEOs NOW.
Not all automakers have taken this harmful step. Ford, Honda, BMW, and
Volkswagen have committed to complying with more protective clean car
standards, regardless of the federal government's attempts to roll them
back.
Last year's U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report
made clear that we MUST drastically reduce our carbon emissions
immediately if we want to have any chance of avoiding climate catastrophe.
We need the strongest possible vehicle emission standards at this critical
juncture in the fight against climate change. And NRDC is doing everything
we can to stop Trump and his automaker cronies from chipping away at those
rules.
[ [link removed] ]Can we count on you to stand with us today?
Sincerely,
Luke Tonachel
Director, Clean Vehicles and Fuels Group, NRDC
The mission of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is to
safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural
systems on which all life depends.
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