Trump Administration Poised to Pull California's Clean-Car Power
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The Trump administration has decided to advance a plan to strip California of its power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles on its own while federal regulators continue to finalize a plan to roll back fuel-efficiency standards set by the Obama administration, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The decision to separate the attack on California’s authority from the broader plan to ease emissions and fuel economy standards after 2020 was made Thursday during a meeting between President Donald Trump, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, the person said, who requested anonymity to discuss the deliberations.