"With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules" [1]
"The United States will essentially have no laws on the books that enforce how efficient America’s passenger cars and trucks should be."

"The United States will essentially have no laws on the books that enforce how efficient America’s passenger cars and trucks should be."
"President Donald Trump’s campaign to quash climate change policies notched its biggest win yet Thursday, as EPA eliminated the legal basis for regulations aimed at restricting greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes and smokestacks that are heating the planet."
"Decrepit oil tankers in Iran’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet are a “ticking time bomb”, and it is only a matter of time before there is a catastrophic environmental disaster, maritime intelligence analysts have warned."
"The requirement would be next to impossible for federally funded charging stations to meet, industry advocates say."
"The Trump administration is proposing to require that federally funded electric vehicle chargers be fully U.S. made — an all-but-impossible target that could kill a multibillion-dollar effort to build a nationwide charging network.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday that raising the threshold to 100 percent domestic manufacturing — up from 55 percent — would advance U.S. manufacturing and improve national security.
"A toll program in New York City has resulted in environmental gains across all five boroughs. The Trump administration is seeking to end it."
"Even as electric vehicle sales slump, the U.S. fast-charging network grew over 30 percent last year, a new report shows."
"Conservationists fighting Alaskan efforts to build a 211-mile industrial mining road across pristine lands of the southern Brooks Range, including a portion of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, told a federal court that President Donald Trump and his team violated numerous environmental laws in pushing through approvals to let it proceed."
"A federal judge ruled Friday against the Trump administration’s freeze on a $5 billion program that seeks to fund the build-out of electric vehicle (EV) chargers."
"The state of Michigan is suing major oil companies and an industry association, alleging that they colluded to hamper the adoption of renewable energy and electric vehicles (EVs)."
"States have spent only 2 percent of the billions of dollars that the federal government set aside four years ago to build electric vehicle charging stations on U.S. highways." "President Donald Trump’s spending freeze added a speed bump to the slow rollout of a Biden program to build a nationwide network of EV chargers."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/latest-rollback-us-essentially-has-no-clean-car-rules
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation
[9] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[11] https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/climate/endangerment-finding-auto-emissions-regulations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M1A.gIah.5K9Mkt9rYwJb&smid=url-share
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-guts-basis-climate-regulation-setting-courtroom-clash
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[16] https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-guts-basis-for-climate-regulation-setting-up-a-courtroom-clash/
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/iran-s-shadow-fleet-old-tankers-ticking-bomb-sea-life-experts
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[19] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[20] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/10/ticking-time-bomb-iran-shadow-fleet-old-tankers-risking-catastrophic-oil-spill
[21] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-wants-100-american-made-ev-chargers-some-see-sabotage
[22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology
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[26] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nyc-congestion-pricing-improves-air-quality-trump-threatens-its-future
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast
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[32] https://www.sej.org/headlines/one-worst-parts-owning-ev-quickly-getting-better
[33] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2026/01/28/ev-fast-charger-increase/
[34] https://www.sej.org/headlines/enviros-charge-administration-violated-laws-approving-alaska-road
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism
[36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii
[40] https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/01/environmental-groups-claim-trump-administration-violated-laws-approving-alaska-road
[41] https://www.sej.org/headlines/judge-strikes-down-trump-freeze-ev-charger-funds
[42] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5706538-ev-electric-vehicle-charger-funding/
[43] https://www.sej.org/headlines/michigan-sues-oil-giants-alleging-collusion-stifle-renewables-evs
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes
[45] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5703546-michigan-evs-oil-companies/
[46] https://www.sej.org/headlines/congress-okd-billions-ev-chargers-four-years-later-only-2-spent
[47] https://www.eenews.net/articles/congress-green-lighted-billions-for-ev-chargers-four-years-later-only-2-is-spent/
[48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation?page=1
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[50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation?page=4
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