The Transportation Department published an interpretive rule that says the Biden administration improperly considered electric vehicles as a way to make vehicle fleets more efficient
While this determination does not formally end the Biden-era rule, the Trump administration indicated that while the rulemaking process plays out, it may not enforce the Biden-era standards.
“Pending the rulemaking process for the establishment of replacement standards, [the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration] will exercise its enforcement authority with regard to all existing … standards in accordance with the interpretation set forth in this rule,” it stated.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in a statement accused the previous administration of trying to push an electric vehicle “mandate.”
“Under President Trump’s leadership, we are making vehicles more affordable and easier to manufacture in the United States,” Duffy said. “The previous administration illegally used [Corporate Average Fuel Economy] standards as an electric vehicle mandate.”
The Biden administration issued a rule requiring cars to be about 2 percent more fuel efficient each year while heavy duty pickup trucks and vans would have to be 10 percent more efficient each year from 2030 to 2032 and 8 percent more efficient in the years after.
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The conservative House Freedom Caucus said Friday it would “not accept” changes that “water down” its cuts to green energy tax credits as the Senate weighs whether to alter parts of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide made history last month by climbing to their highest seasonal peak available in historical records, a team of researchers reported.
With hurricane season officially underway, worries are mounting around whether President Trump’s cuts to the federal government have endangered the nation’s disaster response. The concern is particularly …
The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on the Energy Department’s budget
Wednesday
Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz will appear before the Senate Appropriations Committee to discuss his agency’s budget
Leaders of the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamationwill appear before the Senate Appropriations Committee to discuss their agencies’ budgets.
Thursday
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is slated to appear before the House Natural Resources Committee in a hearing on Interior’s budget
The House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing titled “Powering Demand: Nuclear Solutions for AI Infrastructure”
The Senate Science, Commerce and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing titled “Finding Nemo’s Future: Conflicts over Ocean Resources”
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee has warned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that he could be “on the hook” for hundreds of millions of dollars for having accepted a luxury jet from the Qatari government. Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday handed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) two major victories in its expanding legal battle over drastic efforts to reshape the federal bureaucracy. Read more
