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EPA Chief Signals Showdown With California on Fuel Emission Standards

  • Pruitt warns California isn’t in driver’s seat on car rules
  • EPA faces April 1 deadline to decide on current requirements
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EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks with Bloomberg Television.Source: Bloomberg)
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The Trump administration’s chief environmental regulator signaled a coming showdown with California, warning the state won’t dictate the future of ambitious automobile fuel economy regulations enacted by the Obama administration.

"California is not the arbiter of these issues," said Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. California regulates greenhouse gas emissions at the state level, "but that shouldn’t and can’t dictate to the rest of the country what these levels are going to be."