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California Regulator Threatens Trump With `Extreme' Auto Rules
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Washington and Sacramento in standoff over vehicle emissions
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Mary Nichols warns of ban on cars with conventional engines
A top California environmental regulator is threatening to enact tough, new pollution rules -- including an unprecedented ban on cars burning petroleum-based fuels -- in response to a Trump administration plan to relax vehicle emission standards.
California Air Resources Board Chairman Mary Nichols said the state would be forced to pursue “extreme” requirements to offset the uptick in pollution that would be unleashed if federal vehicle emission and fuel economy standards are weakened.
