LCV Statement In Anticipation of Trump EPA Delaying Pollution Standards for Cars and Light Trucks

Washington D.C.-  In anticipation of EPA’s proposed delay of vehicle criteria pollutant standards, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) released the following statement from Vice President of Federal Policy and former EPA scientist, Matthew Davis:

“With gas prices over $4.50 per gallon, the Trump administration’s decision to axe tailpipe standards that can help cars use less gas will further drive up costs for our families, while also making us sicker. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has once again broken his promise to clean up our air by blocking existing limits on health-harming tailpipe pollution from cars and trucks. Letting cars spew more pollution into our air will mean more cancer, COPD, asthma, high blood pressure, blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks, leading to more hospital visits and missed work and school days. As working families are already struggling with the cost of healthcare, food, and energy, the EPA’s priority should be making air quality better for our communities, not worse. With this decision, the Trump administration is making us sicker and poorer, all to enrich his fossil fuel cronies.”

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