Trump Administration Rolls Back Vehicle Economy Emissions Standards

The Center for International Environmental Law criticizes the Trump Administration's Safe Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule, arguing that loosening carbon emissions standards for 2021-2026 and rolling back the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program undermines climate goals and ignores global market trends toward low-carbon vehicles.

• The Trump Administration's Safe Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule loosens carbon emissions standards for passenger cars and light trucks for the period 2021 through 2026 and rolls back the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program, which had established standards for 2017-2025.
• The Trump Administration estimates that the new rule will increase US oil consumption by approximately 500,000 barrels per day by the 2030s.
• The rule is viewed as out of step with global trends, such as Volvo's 2017 announcement to eliminate cars powered solely by combustion engines after 2019 and the plans of countries like Britain, France, Norway, India, and China to ban new gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2030 or 2040.

APA

Hamilton, L. A. (2018). Trump Administration Rolls Back Vehicle Economy Emissions Standards. Center for International Environmental Law. https://www.ciel.org/trump-administration-rolls-back-vehicle-economy-emissions-standards/

Chicago

Hamilton, Lisa Anne. Trump Administration Rolls Back Vehicle Economy Emissions Standards. Center for International Environmental Law, 2018. https://www.ciel.org/trump-administration-rolls-back-vehicle-economy-emissions-standards/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{hamilton2018trump, author = {Hamilton, Lisa Anne}, title = {{Trump Administration Rolls Back Vehicle Economy Emissions Standards}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2018}, month = aug, url = {https://www.ciel.org/trump-administration-rolls-back-vehicle-economy-emissions-standards/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }