Auto industry, environmentalists clash over fuel review

The auto industry on Wednesday applauded the Trump administration’s plans revisit a review of Obama-era standards that would boost fuel economy, while environmental and consumer groups warned of attempts to weaken the carbon-reducing rules. “If the standards threatened auto jobs, then common-sense changes could have and should have been made,” President Donald Trump said at an event in Ypsilanti. “Just days before my inauguration, the previous administration cut short the promised midterm review in an 11th hour executive action. Today, I am announcing we are going to cancel that executive action. … We are going to ensure that any regulations we have protect and defend your jobs, your factories. We are going to be fair.” -- More...