Public dumps on Trump plan to reconsider automobile fuel economy standards
by By Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times
Sep 06, 2017
3 minutes
SAN FRANCISCO - Hurricanes. Wildfires. Heat waves.
Asthma. Bronchitis. Emphysema. Lung cancer. War.
Those specters and more were raised Wednesday at a public hearing in Washington by opponents of a Trump administration plan to consider cutbacks in pollution and fuel economy standards for automobiles and light trucks.
Dozens of people - including environmentalists, academics and a former general in the U.S. Marines - blasted that plan, citing global warming, jobs and consumer savings among the reasons.
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