"California went on the offensive Tuesday against the Trump administration’s plan to weaken fuel-efficiency rules for cars, laying out a scathing rebuttal that the state’s clean-air regulator said would shape the battle with Washington in the coming months and years.

The state’s target is one of President Trump’s most consequential environmental rollbacks to date, a proposal unveiled last week to let cars pollute more while stripping California of its right to set its own air-quality rules.

The administration’s proposal “is contrary to the facts and the law,” the California document says, before refuting point by point the Trump administration’s arguments for weakening the nation’s long-term goals for making vehicles more fuel efficient and less polluting."

Hiroko Tabuchi reports for the New York Times August 7, 2018. [2]
    
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"Trump Admin Sees Grim Climate Outcome In Car Rule" [3]

"California Defies Trump, Plans Tighter Rules On Vehicle Emissions" (Reuters) [4]

"Automakers Could See 60K Fewer Jobs With Trump's Plan — EPA" (ClimateWire) [5]