The US Department of Transport is moving to reduce fuel efficiency standards

Transport Minister Sean Duffy was not in his post for only one day and already explains that the agency will ignore The role of vehicle pollution plays In exacerbation of climate change. Duffy a note To the National Traffic Safety Administration on highways, it calls for a review of economics standards in fuel consumption to comply with President Donald Trump’s goals in enhancing oil, natural gas and biofuels. The memorandum claims that the “artificial” fuel consumption criteria have made newly expensive new cars for buyers in the United States and can negatively affect the American auto industry.

It is the latest swing of pendulum as the country’s leadership changes again. Trump’s first presidency witnessed a retreat from the fuel efficiency standards that were seen by Barack Obama, followed by the Environmental Protection Agency, which provides its most striking standards so far when Joe Biden took office. In December, the transition team of President Donald Trump had indicated that it will go back by the previous administration to enhance fuel efficiency standards and enhance the adoption of electric vehicles. Today’s development is not a surprise, but it is still bad news given that multiple international reports have shown that the increasing temperature of the planet will lead to severe and catastrophic weather events.