In a powerful rebuke to the Trump administration, these four automakers have announced their commitment to keep innovating and reducing dangerous pollution even if Trump’s EPA rolls back the regulations and attacks the separate state clean cars program currently requiring them to do so.
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Under Obama-era Clean Cars Standards and under the leading state clean cars program, automakers have been gradually improving their vehicles so they emit less climate and smog pollution, get better gas mileage and save Americans hard-earned money at the gas pump.
President Trump’s EPA has been working to roll back those regulations and freeze the current 37 mpg standard … with no timeline for
any future improvements.
The Trump administration has been pursuing a multi-pronged attack to permanently block climate pollution limits under the landmark state clean vehicle standards adopted by California and 14 other states.
Now, the four automakers — who together represent 30% of the U.S. auto market — continue making substantial annual progress and to produce fleets comparable to 50 mpg by 2026 — and to do so on a nationwide basis even if the Trump administration adopts the rollbacks.
Because these agreement would apply to all vehicles manufactured by these companies nationwide it will deliver more climate pollution reductions than if these reductions took place only in the states having more protective standards.
Further, the auto companies working with California will not support the Trump rollbacks publicly or in court.
And here at EDF we are pursuing and preparing extensive litigation that will slow and block the Trump attacks on our nation’s and the states’ vital clean vehicle standards.
The news is a beacon of hope for people like you and me who are distraught over the Trump’s administration’s all-out war on climate action.
When Trump’s EPA abdicated its responsibility to protect us from climate change, 14 forward-thinking states and D.C., led by California, stepped up with pledges to enforce their own protective standards.
When Trump’s White House pulled the plug on joint efforts with Canada to slash North American climate pollution, Canada stayed the course.
Faced with a regulatory nightmare that would divide the North American market and force automakers to produce cleaner cars for one half of the continent, these automakers decided that building dirtier cars for the other half just wasn’t worth it.
Even as the Trump administration works overtime to dismantle U.S. climate action, we have the power to keep making progress — but only when we stand together and make our collective voice too loud to ignore.
So please stand with 2,855 EDF members who have already contributed to our Summer Match and put us over 60% of the way to our $500,000 goal.
Your participation is critical to ensuring we unlock the maximum matching gift possible and don’t leave a single dollar on the table.
Thank you for adding your voice to the climate action chorus,
Emily Stevenson
Manager, Online Membership
