18 days ago · United States
Trump admin rolls back US fuel economy standards
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What we know
US President Donald Trump's administration on Monday finalised its rollback of US fuel economy standards that were meant to spur the transition towards electric vehicles and reduce planet-warming emissions from transport, the country's biggest source of greenhouse gases. The new standards require a fleet average fuel economy of 34.
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