California May Make a Formal Counter to Trump on Car Emissions

  • To prepare, state asks carmakers: what’s wrong with plan now?
  • State preparing legal defenses if talks stall, Nichols said
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California is considering a formal, public counter-proposal to President’s Donald Trump’s proposed rollback of fuel and pollution requirements for cars and trucks, a state official said Thursday.

The state has the legal standing to make such a counteroffer because, at least until the federal rollback takes effect, it’s got a binding agreement to link its greenhouse gas limits with Washington’s through 2025.