[Vision2020] Trump administration's car emissions rules would cause more illnesses, deaths, study finds

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At a breakneck pace, this White House seems intent on undermining all of
the progress we’ve made toward solving the greatest challenge of our time.

The latest climate solution in the crosshairs: Vehicle emission and fuel
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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett

On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 7:36 AM Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com> wrote:

“The only big winners in this would seem to be the oil companies."
>
> Courtesy of NBC News at:
>
>
> https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-s-car-emissions-rule-would-lead-more-illness-n915631
>
> ———————————————
>
> Trump administration's car emissions rules would cause more illnesses,
> deaths, study finds
>
> The government report projects that, under current policies, the Earth
> would warm by seven degrees Fahrenheit, well above the increase that
> scientists say the Earth must maintain to prevent catastrophic outcomes.
>
> President Donald Trump’s weakening of pollution and fuel-efficiency
> standards for new cars will lead to as many as 299 premature deaths
> annually by mid-century, while also doing nothing to rein in potentially
> catastrophic global warming, according to the government’s official
> environmental analysis of the policy.
>
> The proposed change in standards, rolled out in August, would also cost
> Americans nearly 17,000 days of work a year, due to increased illnesses,
> the analysis by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
> <https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/documents/ld_cafe_my2021-26_deis_0.pdf>
>  says.
>
> Though the proposed standards and the environmental impact statement came
> out in August, scrutiny of the document has increased in recent days, with
> the opening of public hearings
> <https://www.kqed.org/news/11694511/california-officials-call-on-trump-to-drop-rollback-of-fuel-standards> around
> the country. Critics say the administration’s own environmental analysis
> proves why the mileage standards for new cars, and the amount of pollution
> they are allowed to emit into the air, should not be weakened, as the new
> proposal recommends.
>
> Premature death is the ultimate health effect and this policy, taken with
> many other policies being proposed by this administration, are all leading
> to more air pollution,” said Paul Billings, senior vice president for
> advocacy at the American Lung Association. “And that is leading to these
> clear adverse health effects.”
>
> The Trump policy would significantly weaken standards for cars, freezing
> them after 2021 at about 37 miles per gallon. It would eliminate rules
> drawn under President Barack Obama that would require cars and light trucks
> to average about 54 miles per gallon by 2025. The Trump policy also
> attempts to take away the waiver granted to California and other states to
> set their own, more stringent standards; a change that the states are fighting
> in court
> <https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/17-states-d-c-sue-trump-administration-maintain-vehicle-fuel-n870531>
> .
>
> Trump appointees in the Department of Energy and the Environmental
> Protection Agency argue that the easing of standards will usher in an era
> of cheaper vehicles, while preserving U.S. manufacturing jobs. Opponents
> say car makers were poised to meet the tougher standards and that the U.S.
> will be left behind as the rest of the world switches to less polluting
> cars.
>
> The likely negative health impacts from allowing more pollution are
> outlined in a chart deep in the NHTSA’s environmental impact statement. It
> predicts 199 additional cases of acute bronchitis a year, 62 added
> emergency room visits from respiratory distress annually and a total of
> 16,819 missed work days per year. The premature death total of 299 annually
> would come under one predictive model, while another model suggests
> premature deaths would top out at 134 a year.
>
> The negative health outcomes could be overcome with other actions, like
> different emissions regulations or changes in consumer behavior, say toward
> buying more electric cars, the analysis says. But environmental groups say
> those are the very sorts of changes that Trump's policies have thwarted.
> ———————————————
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
>
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